Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 15:51:40 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> Cc: f-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why "links" w/ "docproj"? Message-ID: <20010812155140.A14709@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <7m1ymhhbo2.wl@waterblue.imgsrc.co.jp>; from kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 06:26:05PM %2B0900 References: <20010812010919.A46590@moo.holy.cow> <7m1ymhhbo2.wl@waterblue.imgsrc.co.jp>
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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. -- 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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