Re: converting omf files

[Chris Lyttle <chris wilddev net>]

On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 12:05, David Merrill wrote:
> On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 06:56:43AM -0600, John Fleck wrote:
> > On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 07:18, David Merrill wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 03:06:10AM -0700, Chris Lyttle wrote:
> > > > John,
> > > > I went thru this evening and updated the gnome-games omf files to be in
> > > > the same format as the document you mentioned below (in the writing omf
> > > > files doc).
> > > 
> > > We have a utility called db2omf that extracts omf data from docbook
> > > files. I don't know if you already have seen it and decided it wasn't
> > > useful for you or didn't meet your needs, but just in case I thought I
> > > would mention it. It might alleviate the drudge work of maintaining
> > > your omf files manually.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Cool. I forgot about that. Has it been updated to reflect the changed
> > omf file format in 0.3.8?
> 
> I don't think so, no. But it shouldn't be too hard to do that. It is
> really a simple program.
> 
> > Remind me where I get it.
> 
> It is in the LDP cvs. I am just putting our utilities up for download.
> Check the "Downloads" link on our home page and it should be there
> today. I'm going to go tar it up and post it right now. But I have to
> also write a man page and other stuff like that to make it properly
> packagable.
> 
> I won't do the update to the new format. I'm just swamped with work.
> But if you do update it, please send me the revised version so I can
> diff it and update our version.
> 

Thanks David, I didnt know about it but I will try it out.

Chris