Date: 21 Jan 2004 10:23:20 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: viewing sgml documents Message-ID: <44isj5mil3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200401210901.46777.algould@datawok.com> References: <200401201007.32634.algould@datawok.com> <44r7xt4dty.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200401210901.46777.algould@datawok.com>
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"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. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"
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