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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: time for dkcombs to do some lynx work!
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: time for dkcombs to do some lynx work! |
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Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:32:00 -0500 (EST) |
> (2) Of course I'll wait until the current batches of
> modifications have been done, and the file has quieted down.
lynx.man's pretty stable.
>
> ---
>
> (3) What's the thing written in? Tex, I suppose? Or maybe Texinfo?
> Nroff? (I hope not!)
nroff (manpages use macros in nroff - very ugly unless you just stick to
the defined macros ;-)
> (4) What's the approved way of making changes, and getting them
> "approved" by the list-readers?
send a "diff -u -R" of the affected files to the list...
> (5) Also, maybe someone can send me the usual gnu-diff
> command-string that this group generally uses for such purposes.
>
> ---
>
> (6) Also, is there some way to create for the source-version
> a macro or command eg of the type I create for myself
> when I write stuff in "Scribe" (originally someone's Phd
> thesis at CMU back in the late 70's, and (updated) widely
> used by a loyal bunch of .edu-sites (cs depts),
> whereby I can insert into the text eg:
>
> Now is the time for all good men @fixme[Don't we want
> to say "people", instead of just "men"?] to come to
> the aid of their country ...
nroff comments look like
.\" comment
> David
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