discuss: man pages
Subject:
Re: [discuss] man pages
From:
"jdd for http://tldp.org" ####@####.####
Date:
28 Sep 2008 17:10:59 +0100
Message-Id: <48DFAC61.8080700@dodin.org>
Sam Varshavchik a écrit :
> jdd for http://tldp.org writes:
>> a good idea). I write to the maintainer ####@####.#### to
>> know the status
yhe e-mail is good and the maintainer is subscribed to discuss, very
good :-)
>
> Currently, we just maintain archived copies of core man page tarballs. I
> have a script running that archives them on tldp.org.
...and update the tdlp web site page http://tldp.org/manpages/man.php?
so the man-pages-3.10.tar.gz is the last one?
if so, very good, again.
>
> I do have a script that converts nroff-formatted man pages to HTML. My
> converted HTML pages include not just the core man page set, but also
> additional man pages from several other sources.
>
> The resulting HTML pages are huge, and the only sane way to manage them
> is by using these kinds of scripts. I do not believe that a Wiki model
> is a good fit for maintaining them.
>
> Besides my HTML pages, there are plenty of other HTML versions of man
> pages on the web, so having another one on tldp.org would not really add
> value.
>
>
agree.
If there is no more objection, I'm very glad to see a tdlp part is
uptodate, managed well... nothing more to say or to do, only double
thanks!!
jdd
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