From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 28 21:45:18 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id VAA11694 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:45:18 -0700 Received: from distortion.eng.umd.edu (distortion.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.6]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA11688 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:45:17 -0700 Received: from latte.eng.umd.edu (latte.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.15]) by distortion.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) with ESMTP id AAA09556; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:45:15 -0400 Received: (chuckr@localhost) by latte.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) id AAA13298; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:45:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:45:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: John Fieber cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to do this? In-Reply-To: <199508290422.XAA11025@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 28 Aug 1995, John Fieber wrote: > Chuck Robey writes: > > 1) The mechanics of turning the sgml source code into various other things, > > like ascii and postscript. > > A quick look at the sgmlfmt(1) man page should get you started. The sgmlfmt page says the sgmlfmt command takes two sets of flags, -format and -links, but doesn't explain what the -links are.. Could you either explain, or tell me I don't need them? > > > 2) Adescription of the formatting rules for the most important tags. > > There is one, but it needs some editing. A large part of the > document is spent discussing how to install and run the > processing tools on Linux. I've since rewritten the tools for > FreeBSD and the install document is moot since it comes with > FreeBSD (as of 2.0.5) and the operational aspects are covered in > the manual page. > > A quick look at some of the sgml files for the handbook should > give you the basic idea and don't hesitate to email questions to > me or to the doc group. > > -john > > == jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========================================== > == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------