"Franklin PIAT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, January 24, 2008 10:05, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: >> On Wednesday 23 January 2008 23:27, Robert Millan wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 10:50:50PM +0100, Franklin PIAT wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > >>> > I've started more manpages : > [..] >>> > What would be your preferred file format ? >> Info is mandantory to be fully compatible with the GNU Coding Standards. >> And, Info is very convenient to write detailed information, such as a >> tutorial. > I personnaly don't like info (actually, I never fount a proper info > browser). However I'm willing to do what you prefer.
Please have a look at the GRUB Legacy manual. It's quite big and the approach cannot directly be compared to a manpage. >> So having a manual in Info format is a must. > Fine. > >> Manpages are convenient for quick references. Of course, they are good >> to have. However, maintaining two separate manuals is a pain. That was >> why GRUB Legacy simply used automatically generated manpages. > I guess we can do it again. > >> So, I accept manually written manpages, only if someone is going to >> maintain them seriously for a long, long time (years). > I'm not planning to maintain grub infopages for long time. I'll try > to keep up-to-date until it gets stable (hopefully not much more than a > year ;). Okuji meant manpages. We are willing to maintain an info manual. Although your willingness to maintain it for a while will certainly help. -- Marco _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
