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Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 02:07:16 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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Hi,

Has anyone got any objections to making the handbook and
the tutorials' .html files using the -links flag ?  This
generates a script that will create a set of sym-links,
one per .sgml file that allows other documents to xref
specific sections of the document.

So the html rule would be

${DOC}.html: ${SRCS}
	${SGMLFORMAT} -f html -links ${SGMLFLAGS} ${.CURDIR}/${DOC}.sgml
	sh ${.CURDIR}/${DOC}.ln
	rm ${.CURDIR}/${DOC}.ln

(I'd need some advice on how to actually do this.....)

Comments/suggestions/advice needed :)
-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....