Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:59:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Ulrich_Sp=F6rlein?= <uqs@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please review WINE chapter addition and linuxemu rename Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1206031524550.18441@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20120601175450.GO10094@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <20120601175450.GO10094@acme.spoerlein.net>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-1961376562-1338754874=:18441 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1206032004191.18441@multics.mit.edu> On Fri, 1 Jun 2012, Ulrich Sp=F6rlein wrote: > Dear all, > > in the process of adding the WINE section from the wiki to the handbook > (GCIN 2011 project, yeah I know, I was rather busy ...), I also took the > liberty of renaming it from linuxemu to compat. Also in the hope that > someday we might have a blurp on SVR4 compatibility, although I guess no > one is really interested in that. > > Anyway, please review the proposed changes at > https://github.com/uqs/freebsd-doc/commits/wine > or clone that branch and have a closer look. 2b3e8a6403909cdc752833e9c8b4f9196be9efe1 ("Move the linux section one=20 level down, add (empty) wine section.") seems to also include some=20 whitespace changes. In c89922e4d1e23acfe93eff9ae23cebbb9a93203a ("Add WINE section from=20 wiki.freebsd.org"): 1353 + such things. Hence, the contraction of "Wine Is Not an = Emulator." I do not think that 'contraction' is the best word here; I think that=20 'acronym' might be better (as "acronym from"). =091355 + <para>Wine requires LDT support, but it is not available on= RELENG_7 and =091356 + earlier versions. However, it works fine on versions 8.2 an= d 9.0 or newer. You probably want to specify that this is versions of FreeBSD (i.e. &os;),= =20 and maybe only use the word 'versions' once and &os; for later=20 appearances. =091359 + comes quite cleanly from a "make install clean" command whi= le in the wine =091360 + directory of ports; for how well individual applications wo= rk, check the In addition to Glen's fix, I would just say "while in <filename=20 class=3D"directory">ports/emulators/wine</filename>". =091362 + website. Wine does not work out of the box on amd64 system.= However, with a Should be "systems" plural. =091364 + amd64 system (Diablo 2 works just fine). The following list= is not =091365 + minimal, as I tried several different paths before I got on= e working. We really don't like to use the first person in our documentation ("I");=20 it would also be nice to attempt to turn the list into a minimal one=20 before finalizing the document. Skipping the programlisting (please do heed Warren's comments), =091402 + <para>For sound in Diablo 2 to work, run winecfg and set ac= celeration winecfg should be in <command> markup. =091403 + to "Emulation" (see Known Problems section above) then run = "wine32 <quote> would probably be good here, too (I think this is what Glen meant= =20 instead of "?). =091404 + Game.exe." The problem seems to lie in the differences betw= een OSS and The command to run should be marked up using <userinput> and maybe in a=20 <screen> block, too. =091405 + ALSA Full stop at end of sentence. =091406 + </para> =091407 + <para>3D acceleration is working with the 64bit nvidia driv= er provided The document should be internally consistent about "32 bit" vs "64bit" vs= =20 "64-bit" (I prefer the latter form, myself), but the first two appear in=20 this change. I thought there was an &nvidia; entity that should be used here but I=20 can't find one; it is usually capitalized either nVidia or NVIDIA or=20 NVidia elsewhere in the tree. This is x11/nvidia-driver, right? That should probably be mentioned=20 explicitly. =091408 + that you install the 32bit version (same version number) in= to the This is the 32-bit version of nvidia-driver (as opposed to, say, wine),=20 right? -Ben Kaduk =091409 + chroot (tested with World of Warcraft, 8.0-RELEASE). > > Rendering of that branch can be found here: > https://www.spoerlein.net/handbook/compat.html ---559023410-1961376562-1338754874=:18441--
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