On 04 Jul 2001 12:06:38 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > > Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to adapt run_man2html.sh to man2html which is included with man on > > some linux systems. It is in fact cgi script that generates http headers > > too (which are stripped). I am leaving the current functionality, so > > run_man2html.sh auto-detects man2html and works with what is installed. > > > > The output is different from what we have now by the following: > > > > * it looks more like html, not man, i.e. <pre> is not used globally > > * real bold and italic used instead of colors (colors may be added too) > > * subsection index is generated with proper links inside the document > > * links to http://, ftp:// and mail address strings are added > > * other minor differences, say the date inside the man page is displayed > > > > There are several problems, but they may be fixed by adding pre-filters > > and post-filters using pipe. > > > > I added colors using <style>, looks ok for me in browsers supporting css, > > but they may be turned off completely if real bold and italic are used. > > > > I would give it a try, then we may compare, discuss. > > run_man2html currently uses man2html. On my system, thats > currently man2html version 1.2. > > man2html 1.2 uses bold and italic by default. > I didn't like the way it looked and added the arguments: > > -belem 'font color="cyan"' > -uelem 'font color="yellow"' > > man2html 1.2 will generate headers by default, but I wanted more > control so I added "-bare". > > By all means, go ahead and see what improvements you can make.
man2html on my system is complitly different, it is cgi, i.e. almost has no command line options. It is shipped together with man(1). There are probably many man2html-like scripts all with different functionality, I just used what is installed. I don't like the man2html I have. I added so many work-arounds that it probably would be easier (not really) to rewrite it from stratch in perl. Anyway, I think it is now ok as the web page, but this is questionable. One may like empty space on the left, other may think empty space only uses real estate of the browser and does not add anything. I have no problems if we return to the previous format, just wanted to show an alternative. Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
