Re: make documentation

On 2021/06/28 18:20, Reuben ua Bríġ wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:47:01 +1000
> > From: Reuben ua Bríġ <u5644051@anu.edu.au>
>
> > im hopeful i can get the sources good enough for /usr/local/man/posix
>
> = i hope i can get them to run through man properly
>
> > but if not, in lieu of an option to make man prefer formatted files:
>
> = the new man is arrogant in ignoring properly formatted pages: it
> tries to format pages itself, even when it cant. there is no flag to
> disable the arrogance of man.
>
> > CAT=/usr/local/man/posix
> > MAN=/usr/local/share/doc/posix/man
> > mv cat* $CAT
> > mv man* $MAN
> > cat >$CAT/man.conf <<.
> > manpath $CAT
> > manpath $MAN
> > .
>
> = the new man can be tricked into preferring formatted pages by
> putting them in a different manpath and putting it first in a
> special configuration file /usr/local/man/posix/man.conf
>
> > chmod +x /usr/local/bin/man_posix # if eqn desired for PDF, etc.
>
> = the new man arrogantly assumes it is the sole keeper of manuals.
> this assumption was outdated when uunet on 4.3 bsd gave way to the
> internet. this was fixed in 4.4 bsd but obsd 5.7 regressed. so a
> script should be provided that knows about something that can properly
> typeset the manuals when desired, and, when terminal output is wanted,
> conveniently call man -C /usr/local/man/posix.conf
>

I think you need to adjust your attitude if you're going to continue posting here.