Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:35:03 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: viewing sgml documents Message-ID: <200401210935.03793.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <44isj5mil3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200401201007.32634.algould@datawok.com> <200401210901.46777.algould@datawok.com> <44isj5mil3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Wednesday 21 January 2004 09:23 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> writes: > > On Wednesday 21 January 2004 07:43 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> writes: > > > > When ports install sgml documents to /usr/local/share/doc/*, what > > > > apps are used to view them without the markups? > > > > > > Normally a web browser is used to view the html files that are > > > generated from them... > > > > I'm trying to view the operators' guide for dancer-ircd port. The sgml > > documents are in > > /usr/local/share/doc/dancer-ircd/sgml/dancer-oper-guide/. I've installed > > the ports docproj and sgmltools; and I've read the README files and > > MAKEFILE's in the relevant directories. > > > > When I perform "make doc" per the MAKEFILE, it doesn't do anything. No > > messages are returned. > > > > When I use sgmltools, the html option creates one empty directory. The > > ps and txt options create documents with the entirety of the contents on > > one line. > > > > Is it generally this hard to produce documentation, or is this port an > > exception? > > The typical case is that the port does it for you. > > In this case, the latest version of the port seems to download and > install text documentation; no sgml documents are installed, as far as > I can see. I installed from the package at ftp.freebsd.org. I'll pkg_delete and install from the port. Thanks, Andrew Gould
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