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+=======
+makeatr
+=======
+
+-------------------------------------------------------
+convert an Atari executable to a "K-file" bootable disk
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. include:: manhdr.rst
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+makeatr *imagefile.atr* *atari-executable*
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+For various reasons, it's sometimes useful to make a bootable disk
+image of an Atari executable. **makeatr** does exactly that.
+
+If you have a bootable image made with **makeatr**, but you've lost
+the original executable, you can extract it from the image with
+**unmakatr**\(1).
+
+NOTES
+=====
+
+**makeatr** is only useful for single-file games or other programs
+that don't need DOS disk access to run: the bootable image
+won't contain any DOS at all, or even a DOS file  structure
+(you can't read the directory).
+
+Disks made with **makeatr** are recognizable when booted on the Atari,
+because they display a GRAPHICS 0 screen with a lowercase k (screen
+is otherwise blank).
+
+Disk images made with **makeatr** are only created with enough sectors
+to hold the executable. AtariSIO can handle these images fine, as can
+most other ATR utilities, but the smaller-than-regulation size may
+cause problems with some utilities.
+
+There is only one Atari executable format, regardless of filename
+extension. All .XEX, .COM, .BIN, .EXE, etc. files for the Atari are
+the same file type, regardless of the name, and regardless of what
+you may have read on some forum site. Atari DOS doesn't care about
+the filename; it only exists for human consumption (and for filetype
+association with emulators, these days).
+
+DIAGNOSTICS
+===========
+
+**makeatr**'s error messages are not well documented. They consist only
+of an internal error number code, listed here:
+
+  1
+    Unable to open ATR image for writing
+  2
+    Unable to write image ATR header
+  6
+    Unable to write boot sectors to ATR image
+  7
+    Error while padding ATR image to an even sector size
+  11
+    Unable to stat the input file (not found, permission denied, etc)
+  12
+    Input file is 0 bytes in length
+  13
+    Can't open input file
+  19
+    Error writing to ATR image, or trailing junk in the input image
+  20
+    Input file is not an Atari executable (missing 0xFF 0xFF signature)
+
+Error messages are printed to standard output, not standard error output.
+
+EXIT STATUS
+===========
+
+Exit status is 0 for success, or non-zero status for failure.
+
+.. include:: manftr.rst