From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 03:57:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FBC1065686 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87A58FC18 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:57:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so7162237rvf.43 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:57:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=GYOpfbroO+hMjXoKf2td1PBpSA7pi+v/FjjGDLmNV0k=; b=bHayKQh6IR1K6nf0myq3olccvgGlg6SqHrE3lPxdXI8lNCLeQYUE6qZVSIwKXKcLWb qVzk6XJr0FGU/xoHQmZmARoXbHVINHzrQM0Ca8IhAAAFC/Du8SxFm1J+/lR3XdkIsrnV PMaRhBU/O8QibweJl8wDSxGj/RJrkQ8H7OEFs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=M3qbXvtSBhI9CH4HX5LbPHPTOWTcXTGtwEIOWxBEIeVG7XEg/FPK6inG4EZikAyS9m 1wodSat0yR+UuMRtBxRxY8LeSIxH3dJYezU9ZXIYZZfkd3wrz/voQFGQ3nC7Qi/ZoA39 j0cSEPy/ZNB+7z2qV3O9tqdCNiPmigwjgxpJ0= Received: by 10.141.88.3 with SMTP id q3mr8118138rvl.229.1230782251124; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:57:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.113.5 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:57:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:27:31 +0530 From: "Masoom Shaikh" To: "Giorgos Keramidas" In-Reply-To: <87wsdhll2c.fsf@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20081229124558.43cefc56@gumby.homeunix.com> <200812292039.43242.masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <87myeemyx2.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081230133345.GA81883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <87wsdhll2c.fsf@kobe.laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: local copy of handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:57:32 -0000 On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:33:45 +0000, Frank Shute > wrote: > >On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >>On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000, Frank Shute > wrote: > >>> You can keep a local copy of the docs & update the sources for the > >>> docs with csup but you have to regenerate them with a make command > >>> after you have csup'd. > >>> > >>> The process is described within this page I just put up: > >>> > >>> http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/freebsd_uptodate.html > >> > >> Hi Masoom, > >> We have been working on a patch for the Handbook that adds a short > >> description of the same process. > >> > >> The patch has been recently posted to freebsd-doc, by Gabor Pali: > >> > >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-December/015315.html > >> > >> Since you already have written something similar, do you think we can > >> convince you to review the patch? It would be nice if you could help > >> us improve it or make it easier to read, and use. > > > > Hi Giorgos, > > I think your post was meant to be addressed to me as I wrote the above > > guide. > > Yes. Sorry about that Frank :) > > > I'd be happy to review the patch that Gabor has written & if necessary > > add or subtract from it. > > > > It will take me a bit of time to get up to speed with the mark-up & > > review/grok the updating docs in the round. ATM, they certainly fall > > short of including anything about updating a local copy of the docs. > > I can build a patched Handbook and upload it online, if that helps. > Then you don't have to learn SGML to read it. Just let me know if you > need it, and it's done. wow, am waiting eagerly....HTML is complex, what is SGML :) > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >