Um... what format are Cygwin manpages?

mwoehlke mwoehlke@tibco.com
Thu Aug 10 20:45:00 GMT 2006


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:20:21PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote:
>> Anyway, if it turns out I have to patch an info file, then I guess I'm 
>> stuck doing that. Assuming anyone on newlib pays attention to me. So 
>> far, zilch.
> 
> Yes, you definitely have to *patch* the *source* of the documentation that
> you want changed if you want someone to apply it.

I think the point is that I would hope they would accept a flat-out new 
file, if it was that major a re-working (which IMO it should be; I find 
the layout of glibc's manpage a lot easier to understand, in addition to 
being more accurate).

But... if I'm to do anything with the texinfo source, I have to *find* 
it first. Sigh. I am losing enthusiasm for this project.

-- 
Matthew
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