Re: Tables now supported

[Ali Abdin <aliabdin aucegypt edu>]

* Damon Chaplin (damon@helixcode.com) wrote at 23:18 on 11/08/00:
> Dan Mueth wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Ali Abdin wrote:
> > 
> > > I think somebody needs to write a document that will convert Docbook (API
> > > docs) to man files :) Any volunteers? ;)
> > 
> > I think the gtk-doc tool 'gtkdoc-mkman' will make man pages for API.
> 
> The thing that does the real work is called docbook-to-man, which has been
> around for years. There should be a link on the DocBook site.
> 
> It seems to handle most of DocBook OK, though it may be out of date.
> (The author sent me a slightly newer version a year or so ago. I don't know
> if that was ever released.)
> 
> The gtk-doc support for it was never finished, partly because I think man
> pages should be wiped out!

Agreed - I was thinking of a possible 'dman' utility that would look through
all installed Docbook files for the necessary function (for API docs) - if it
doesn't find, it would fall back to the 'traditional man' :)

But whos going to write it? ;)