Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 02:47:29 +1100 From: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: new texinfo is busted! Message-ID: <Mutt.19970114024729.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970112183821.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Jan 12, 1997 18:38:21 %2B0100 References: <3.0.32.19970112145449.009da940@dimaga.com> <Mutt.19970112024849.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au> <Mutt.19970112183821.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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J Wunsch writes: > As David Nugent wrote: > > FWIW, rman (Rossetta man) can do this pretty well (convert man > > pages to html amongst other things). > > Well, i think we've got a special case here. Plain ol' man pages > should be converted by such a tool, which i think involves a lot > of guessing. Indeed it does. However, it does an excellent job of it, picking up embedded cross-references. General structure is good too. > -mdoc pages should better be converted from the source. No argument at all from me. The only difference is that this requires someone to write code<tm>. :-) Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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