Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:12:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: local man.cgi? Message-ID: <20001004231230.A252@parish> In-Reply-To: <9r4nts0gcivt833kba25ubu8jbvl04t7mq@4ax.com>; from john253@crosswinds.net on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 10:03:48PM %2B0100 References: <51hftsgaknqd7goqmtk1g9ud3phltrmhau@4ax.com> <20001002183826.D252@parish> <9r4nts0gcivt833kba25ubu8jbvl04t7mq@4ax.com>
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On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 10:03:48PM +0100, John Murphy wrote: > Mark Ovens <marko@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > >On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:23:40AM +0100, John Murphy wrote: > >> How can I obtain man.cgi, and does it read from the usual man data source? > >> I have 'apache' running and scripts work ok. > >> > > > >man.cgi is in the man2html port. /usr/ports/textproc/man2html note that > >there was a fix applied to this port very recently (to stop the message > >"Formatting page..." message ending up in the cat/foobar.1.gz file if it > >had to be created. > > > Thanks Mark > Unfortunately that man.cgi seems a lot less capable than the one on the > web site. I guess it would be too much to ask for the real man.cgi. > Well, the only major difference that I can see is that the one at www.freebsd.org has manpages for every release of FreeBSD and numerous other *nixes. Do you really need that. The main reason I use it is that it makes all the X-refs to other manpages into hyper-links so it is a doddle to search (and back-track) if you don't know exactly which manpage you need to look at. > John. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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