Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 19:21:42 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> Cc: Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp>, f-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why "links" w/ "docproj"? Message-ID: <20010812192142.A42585@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010812145217.A1630@helios.soupnazi.org>; from mij@soupnazi.org on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 02:52:18PM -0700 References: <20010812010919.A46590@moo.holy.cow> <7m1ymhhbo2.wl@waterblue.imgsrc.co.jp> <20010812155140.A14709@moo.holy.cow> <20010812145217.A1630@helios.soupnazi.org>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 12 17:52 -0400, sent by Jim Mock > > 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. i like slim software myself. i agree and don't have problem w/ choosing links, in this case, based upon number of minimum dependencies. > Remember, just because *you* have > something, doesn't mean that everyone else does (and yes, I prefer w3m > to links myself). tell me about it! just like i don't have links but something else... ...however, i didn't say that i would like one particular brsower should be used but wish for a mechanism to substitute w/ another one. > 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 so couldn't a one liner perl program fix that, if only on my local copies of makefiles? given all this, i give up and hope i wouldn't need to make plain text copies from the, well, makefile mechanisms. -- so, do you like word games or scrabble? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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