Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 02:13:33 +0300 From: mdoc officer Ruslan <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/39214: No my(4) man page Message-ID: <20030517231333.GB12759@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20030517121245.2ede0da9.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <200305161127.h4GBR0QJ013946@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030516114541.26131d4f.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030516175320.GA91137@intruder.bmah.org> <20030516155637.668d03e0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030516201805.GA34240@perrin.int.nxad.com> <20030517050417.GA20807@gothmog.gr> <20030517121245.2ede0da9.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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--ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 12:12:45PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Sat, 17 May 2003 08:04:17 +0300 > Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > > On 2003-05-16 13:18, Hiten Pandya <hmp@freebsd.org> wrote: > > >On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 03:56:37PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > >> - Another thing you could do, to expand on the page a > > >> little bit is add a .Sh FILES section and list the two files: > > >> > > >> .Pa /usr/src/sys/dev/my/if_my.c > > >> and > > >> .Pa /usr/src/sys/dev/my/if_myreg.h > > >> > > >> and add a small description of them. > > > > > > Ok, a FILES section sounds a like a good idea. 8-) > >=20 > > I'm not sure, but it's your work so don't let me stop you from doing > > useful things. The only manpages in section 4 that mention files > > under /usr/src are vlan.4 and vinum.4. Drivers aren't very likely to > > move around in the tree but I don't feel very comfortable with paths > > being hardwired in manpages unless it's absolutely unavoidable. > >=20 > > You should probably ask DES, Ruslan, Bruce Evans or another experienced > > src-hacker before doing this. > >=20 >=20 > /me puts Ruslan mask on. >=20 > According to mdoc(7): >=20 > \" This next command is for sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 only. > .\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT > .\" .Sh FILES > .\" .Sh EXAMPLES >=20 > Thus Giorgos is correct in this notion. >=20 > /me removes Ruslan mask. >=20 "This next command" refers to the ".Sh ENVIRONMENT" only; ".Sh FILES" can be legally used in section 4. Ruslan takes his mask back. ;) Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+xsIdUkv4P6juNwoRAmkDAJ46uTf0D+FwKlmAdPBwaMHSVHEigwCeMTiD bMXjMGjHpdT8Y0yQBadpiog= =4Fv5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6--
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