[PATCH xserver 00/15] man pages: generating using XORG_MAN_SECTIONS

Rémi Cardona remi at gentoo.org
Sun Jan 9 01:03:55 PST 2011


Le 09/01/2011 03:19, Gaetan Nadon a écrit :
> Man pages are created using various tools to do string substitutions,
> various file types for source and various methods for generated files
> like copying and/or linking.
> 
> The first 13 patches change the way the man pages are generated
> to use the same method as in the rest of xorg.
> The strings for substitutions are now all located in a single file.
> 
> 1) The source is stored in a file with .man extension in git
> 2) The string substitutions are done by $SED
> 3) No intermediate generated files copied or linked
> 4) The man pages are generated from a dedicated makefile
> 
> The following directories contain the affected man pages
> doc/man
> hw/xwin/man
> hw/xfree86/utils/man
> hw/xfree86/doc/man
> hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/man
> hw/xfree86/exa/man
> hw/kdrive/ephyr/man
> hw/vfb/man
> hw/xquartz/doc
> hw/dmx/man
> hw/dmx/config/man
> hw/xnest/man

This is a net improvement over the old cruft. For the entire series;

Reviewed-by: Rémi Cardona <remi at gentoo.org>

Cheers,

Rémi


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