From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6481 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2004 05:03:40 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 30 Nov 2004 05:03:40 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CZ0Au-00049n-2C for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:03:40 +0000 Received: (qmail 7431 invoked by uid 89); 30 Nov 2004 05:03:29 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 2208 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2004 05:03:29 +0000 From: "M. Edward Borasky" Reply-To: znmeb@cesmail.net To: Mark Miller Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <5d3341c0041129135922dbd9fb@mail.gmail.com> References: <5d3341c004112823364cf77582@mail.gmail.com> <200411292220.24955.carlo@gentoo.org> <5d3341c0041129135922dbd9fb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:03:24 -0800 Message-Id: <1101791004.12152.13.camel@DreamGate> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] man pages - converted to DocBook/HTML X-Archives-Salt: 18a66732-d946-4333-98be-38d4cb3b93a8 X-Archives-Hash: 05d9c07e6107e268d59c0d671ebba930 On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 15:59 -0600, Mark Miller wrote: > HTML wasn't the main thing that was the issue. Converting the man > pages from the ancient realm of troff into DocBook would actually be > the main issue. [snip] While we're on the subject of on-line documentation, Debian has a really nice way of doing it, using something they call "dwww". However, I looked at the source and there's quite a bit of Debian-specific code in it, so it might be more trouble than it's worth. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list