Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:30:39 GMT From: Jeffrey Lee <dibble@cc.gatech.edu> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable Documentation Message-ID: <20010816.23303965@dibble.res.gatech.edu> In-Reply-To: <web-26648002@back1.mail.megapathdsl.net> References: <web-26648002@back1.mail.megapathdsl.net>
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Yeah, I started making that docproj meta-port. Then, I got a little perterbed when it started building and installing Xfree86. I think I'm just going to install the things listed in the "needed utilities" section of the documentation project primer. All I really wanted is to make HTML files out of the doc tree so that I could read the most up to date documentation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 8/16/2001, 3:11:29 PM, Jamil Taylor <jamil_taylor@pobox.com> wrote regarding Re: Stable Documentation: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:40:48 -0400 > Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> wrote: > > ++ 16/08/01 17:59 +0000 - Jeff Lee: > > | I am trying to keep up my reading of the docs from freeBSD-Stable, but I > > | have no idea how to turn the doc tree into a readable format. I tried to > > | read the documentation project primer, but that didn't help too much. If > > | someone could just send me the procedure to build and install the > > | documentation, I would be able to read all of it, and possibly > > | contribute. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/x182.html > > > > To actually build the docs (render the different formats from the SGML): > > cd <path to co'd doc>/en_US.ISO8859-1; make > > > > You can specify specific formats with the FORMATS variable. > > > > Perhaps the FDP is lacking on this; maybe making it more clear will be > > your first patch? :-) > > > > Good luck, > > > > -pete > Also, install the tools needed to build the docs. This can be done easily by > installing the docproj port located in ports/textproc/docproj. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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