From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Aug 12 14:52:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from helios.soupnazi.org (helios.soupnazi.org [64.81.252.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C444937B406 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 14:52:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: by helios.soupnazi.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5892631D5; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 14:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 14:52:18 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: parv Cc: Jun Kuriyama , f-ports Subject: Re: why "links" w/ "docproj"? Message-ID: <20010812145217.A1630@helios.soupnazi.org> Reply-To: mij@soupnazi.org References: <20010812010919.A46590@moo.holy.cow> <7m1ymhhbo2.wl@waterblue.imgsrc.co.jp> <20010812155140.A14709@moo.holy.cow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010812155140.A14709@moo.holy.cow> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 at 15:51:40 -0400, parv wrote: > this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 12 05:26 -0400, sent by > Jun Kuriyama > > > > At Sun, 12 Aug 2001 05:50:25 +0000 (UTC), parv wrote: > > > i think one should be able to specify which browser to use along > > > w/ docproj port instead of links w/o editing the docproj's > > > Makefile ... if links is in there only as a browser. a personal > > > preference? > > > > Please look at doc/share/mk/doc.docbook.mk. links is used to > > generate .txt output from .html. > > thanks for pointing that out, but... > > ...you omitted the part which stated that one should be able to > substitute links, say w/ w3m: another point of my mail. > > like links, w3m can also do the same thing: dump html source into > plain text. > > why am i complaining regardless, you ask. because i already have one > text browser, i don't want another one... especially when the one i > have has the same required capabilities: namely dumping html source > into plain text. w3m has more dependencies than links does. The docproj port is large enough to intimidate people already, and adding even more dependencies to that would be a bad idea. Remember, just because *you* have something, doesn't mean that everyone else does (and yes, I prefer w3m to links myself). Having people be able to choose their preferred browser would also require a mechanism to allow such a thing in the Makefiles for the web site and all of the other documents, which really isn't needed. - jim -- jim mock tech writer | iXsystems, Inc. http://soupnazi.org/ work: jim@ixsystems.net | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message