Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:36:07 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFR: Replace man/manpath/whatis/apropos with a shell script Message-ID: <AANLkTikY96d4EUpaGoPdbfADp_cQc_Rm1t1rQ4=NA2Jc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=d1RqZhkJJ94DioZkBq3Pq5vrj0kxBSgdW%2BUUo@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=d1RqZhkJJ94DioZkBq3Pq5vrj0kxBSgdW%2BUUo@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> wrote: > All, > > I sat down and rewrote the man tools from a relatively old codebase to a > single shell script. My original motivation was to allow multiple > configuration files so port installations did not have to mess with > /etc/manpath.config (like perl for example) when needing to manipulate the > manpath. After looking at the existing code, I figured I could rewrite it as > a shell script relatively easily. > > Script (install as /usr/bin/man, /usr/bin/manpath, /usr/bin/apropos, > /usr/bin/whatis) > http://people.freebsd.org/~gordon/man.sh<http://people.freebsd.org/%7Egordon/man.sh>; > > Features of the new code: > > 1. BSD licensed (old code is GPL). > 2. Imports configuration from /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf and /etc/man.conf > (purposefully changed the manpath.config file since it is a different > syntax). > 3. Allows ports to override the toolset used to display the manpage based > on language. This was done to try to merge the functionality of the > japanese/man port into the base system as much as possible. > > I've tried to make this mirror the functionality, directory search order, > and arguments as the current base implementation. > > This brings me to my next point. I need some testers willing to try this > out. It would be particularly great if I could get some foreign language > testers with localized manpage installations. If something doesn't work the > way you expect, please contact me and I can help debug it (using man -ddd > <whatever> will generally give me the debug information I need). > I have a new set for testing: http://people.freebsd.org/~gordon/man.shar<http://people.freebsd.org/%7Egordon/man.shar>; This is going to be my final set before I commit it into the tree, barring any showstoppers. Now includes manpage documentation for the various parts of the new utilities. To install: # sh man.shar # make # make -DBINDIR=/usr/bin install Feedback on the man(1), manpath(1), apropos(1), and man.conf(5) manpages would be appreciated. I'm new to manpage authoring and could use a review. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Gordon
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