Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:23:47 -0500 From: Simson Garfinkel <simsong@lcs.mit.edu> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suggestion for http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP2/relnotes-i386.html Message-ID: <60B4EC1C-21AC-11D7-8D1B-00039303C716@lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200301061917.h06JHGG5092492@intruder.bmah.org>
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--Apple-Mail-2--850682281 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hi, Bruce. Section 2.1.6 on filesystems refers to a file: /usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.extattr It's in green. I'd love to click on it and read the contents. Same with /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot. -Simson On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 02:17 PM, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, "Simson L. Garfinkel" wrote: >> Greetings. I notice that filenames at >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP2/relnotes-i386.html are in >> green. It >> would be really neat if these green filenames were actually turned >> into >> links that, when clicked on, presented the reader with web pages. > > Where it makes sense to do this, we do it already. In the case of a > file that has a manual page associated with it, we usually have a > cross-reference to the manual page (such as services(5) or exports(5)). > For an arbitrary/random file, it's not clear what link would make > sense. > > Can you provide a specific example of a change you'd like to see? > >> Otherwise, the documentation is great. > > Thanks! > > Bruce. > > > <mime-attachment> --Apple-Mail-2--850682281 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Hi, Bruce. Section 2.1.6 on filesystems refers to a file: <fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger> </bigger></fontfamily><fixed><fontfamily><param>Courier New</param><color><param>0000,7A7A,0000</param>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.extattr It's in green. I'd love to click on it and read the contents. Same with /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot</color></fontfamily></fixed><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger>. </bigger></fontfamily> -Simson On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 02:17 PM, Bruce A. Mah wrote: <excerpt>If memory serves me right, "Simson L. Garfinkel" wrote: <excerpt>Greetings. I notice that filenames at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP2/relnotes-i386.html are in green. It would be really neat if these green filenames were actually turned into links that, when clicked on, presented the reader with web pages. </excerpt> Where it makes sense to do this, we do it already. In the case of a file that has a manual page associated with it, we usually have a cross-reference to the manual page (such as services(5) or exports(5)). For an arbitrary/random file, it's not clear what link would make sense. Can you provide a specific example of a change you'd like to see? <excerpt>Otherwise, the documentation is great. </excerpt> Thanks! Bruce. <<mime-attachment></excerpt> --Apple-Mail-2--850682281-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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