Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:35:03 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> Cc: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, doc@freebsd.org, trhodes@freebsd.org, dwmalone@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20030310203503.GA34500@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030310195323.GA2812@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:53:23AM -0800, David Schultz wrote: > Bcc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/kbd kbd.c > Reply-To: > In-Reply-To: <20030310110025.GS79234@perrin.int.nxad.com> > > [moving to doc@; please CC me] > > Thus spake Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>: > > It's just a skeleton at this point with only a few MIBs filled in, but > > unless there's a strong objection, it'd be great to get this flushed > > out over time. The man pages that the various MIBs reference should > > contain the appropriate information about what these MIB values mean > > and how to adjust them, and what levels are appropriate. > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~seanc/patches/#sysctl_5_start > > > > It isn't automatically generated, but it's a start and given that > > there are only a handful of MIBs that come into existence every month > > or so, I think it's reasonable to have this file maintained by hand. > > Very cool. I think it might be a better idea to move the > centralized list to the handbook, since hypertext is a better > medium for a list that will potentially be very long and contain > many cross-references. Short descriptions next to MIBs would be > nice. Also, sorting first by category and then by alphabetical > order might be more helpful. I vote for a manpage first. Although I agree with the fact that hyperlinks are better for information linking than SEE ALSO sections in a manpage, I think this sort of reference clearly belongs in the *man*ual. I look to the handbook when I have a specific task I want to do, not for reference. Now, the XML manpage stuff, that would really rock. But I'm not skilled enough at that to do anything about it, unfortunately. --Stijn -- "What kind of a two-bit operation are they running out of this treehouse, Cooper? I have seen some slipshod backwater burgs, but this place takes the cake." -- Special Agent Albert Rosenfield, "Twin Peaks" [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+bPb3Y3r/tLQmfWcRAn+gAJ0ZOBT0/jJ8bzYJDKJe2VDTyoaB4ACfYant 3XKthTEbnSTWz7wjmvAnQ/w= =ABcX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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