From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 18:42:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F6CB16A4CF for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:42:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao06.cox.net (lakemtao06.cox.net [68.1.17.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD7143F3F for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:42:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.32.11]) by lakemtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031028024202.PEKW10862.lakemtao06.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:42:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:41:10 -0600 To: Joe Marcus Clarke References: <1067029176.730.38.camel@gyros> <20031025171150.S684@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> <1067285522.758.43.camel@gyros> From: Jeremy Messenger Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1067285522.758.43.camel@gyros> User-Agent: Opera7.21/Linux M2 build 480 cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users Subject: Re: marcusmerge help doc X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:42:04 -0000 On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:12:02 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 14:34, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:13:51 -0700 (PDT), Steve Wingate >> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> > >> >> Anyone want to contribute a help doc on using marcusmerge? With >> GNOME >> >> 2.5 around the corner, it might help to have a formalized document >> >> available so people don't have to go reading the script comments. >> >> Thanks. >> > >> > I'll give it a shot. I've not done much so don't expect anything >> soon. If >> > anyone else wants to start don't let me stop you. I might get >> distracted >> > anyway. >> >> Here what I have gotten so far, I still need the help. It's my first >> time >> to write the man page and I am not skill on write, so at the moment it's >> just a text file. After finish it, I will convert it to the man page >> format. However, someone need to fix the grammar and fill out what I >> left >> it empty and not explain clear. Also, someone is welcome to convert it >> to >> man page format before I :-) > > Manpage format can be a pain, but it's not too bad. You can use an > existing page as an example. > > Looks good so far. You may also want to mention the marcusmerge.cfg > file. Near forgot about cfg, will add it in there.. > And you should credit yourself under the AUTHORS section like: > > This manual page written by me, Joe Blow, John Doe, etc. > > Also, don't forget to credit Martin and Franz as co-authors. Which do you prefer like this? =============1=================== AUTHORS Joe Marcus Clarke co-author, Franz Klammer co-author, Martin Klaffenboeck This manual page written by Jeremy Messenger ================================ =============2=================== AUTHORS Joe Marcus Clarke Franz Klammer -- co-authors Martin Klaffenboeck -- co-authors Jeremy Messenger -- manual page ================================ =============3=================== AUTHORS Joe Marcus Clarke co-authors: Franz Klammer Martin Klaffenboeck manual page: Jeremy Messenger ================================ Or something different.. Cheers, Mezz > Joe > >> >> Cheers, >> Mezz >> >> > >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> > |Steve Wingate >> > |MCSE, CCNA Sat Oct 25 17:10:00 PDT 2003 >> > >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> > |FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE >> > | 5:10PM up 22:44, 0 users, load averages: 0.16, 0.03, 0.01 >> > >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.