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Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target
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Meg McRoberts |
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Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target |
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:34:45 -0800 (PST) |
One small thought about man page compatibility... We have a fundamental
problem between Linux and most Unix systems because of the section-naming
differences. I have never figured out a good way around that. My current
job includes responsibility for a handful of man pages about applications
that run on Linux, Solaris, and Windows. For Windows, I just run the text
into a PDF file and publish it. And I don't have a good solution for what
to do about man pages for Linux and Solaris -- all the information may be
the same but file formats are section 5 on Linux and section 4 on Solaris;
administrative commands are section 8 on Linux and section 1M on Solaris.
As for the larger discussions, most of what I'm writing does not need any
fancy formatting. I would love to know the basic set of codings I can use
that are pretty likely to work on any system. I might some day decide to
use something that isn't so portable but I wouldn't accidentally do that.
meg
- [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/10
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/10
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Robert Thorsby, 2007/01/10
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Jon Snader, 2007/01/11
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/11
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, walter harms, 2007/01/12
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/12
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, walter harms, 2007/01/12
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/12
- Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target, Eric S. Raymond, 2007/01/12