=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/index.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.138 retrieving revision 1.148 diff -u -p -r1.138 -r1.148 --- mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/09/01 10:46:28 1.138 +++ mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/11/23 10:26:37 1.148 @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF. It also includes preconv, for recoding multibyte manuals; demandoc, for emitting only text parts of manuals; - and mandocdb, for indexing manuals. + mandocdb, for indexing manuals; and + apropos, for semantic search of manual content (both mandocdb and apropos are + still experimental). It is a BSD.lv project.
@@ -51,11 +53,12 @@ Sources
- mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system.
- To build and install into /usr/local/, just run make install
.
- Be aware: if you have an existing groff installation, this may overwrite its preconv binary.
- The mandocdb utility is not yet linked to the build; please contact
- us if you plan to use it.
+ mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll
+ need libdb to build apropos and mandocdb (this is installed by default on BSD UNIX
+ systems — see the Makefile if you're running Linux). To build and install into /usr/local/, just
+ run make install
. Be careful: the preconv and apropos binary names are usually taken by
+ existing utilities.
- Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription). Please check the + Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. Please check the TODO for known issues - before posting. Beyond that, contact Kristaps at kris...@bsd.lv.
bug-reports, general questions, and announcements - (archive) + (archive) |
patches and system discussions - (archive) + (archive) |
source commit messages - (archive) + (archive) |