Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-30 Thread erik quanstrom
> Thanks to everyone for the advice. > > > On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_len...@gmx.de wrote: > > > short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this > > > is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for > > > indirection that works for *everything*. mount/b

Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-29 Thread arnold
Thanks to everyone for the advice. > On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_len...@gmx.de wrote: > > short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this > > is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for > > indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and priv

Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-29 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_len...@gmx.de wrote: > short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this > is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for > indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and private > namespaces. while this is all true, a

Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-29 Thread cinap_lenrek
short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and private namespaces. no need to reimplement indirection in every program over and over again. a hardcoded path ex

Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-29 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue May 29 17:03:49 EDT 2012, arn...@skeeve.com wrote: > Hi. > > Thanks. I did see that. I was wondering more about all the hardcoded > path names in the various scripts in /sys/man and /sys/lib/man and > also getting p9p mk to use rc instead of sh to run commands. > > I suppose that I will ju

Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-29 Thread Aharon Robbins
). Thanks, Arnold > From: pmarin > Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 21:08:18 +0200 > To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> > Subject: Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports? > > See the example in tr2post(1) > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Ahar

Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-25 Thread pmarin
See the example in tr2post(1) On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Aharon Robbins wrote: > Is there a simple recipe to use p9p troff to format the manual pages > from the plan 9 dist?  I.e.: > >        Install Plan 9 Ports >        wget plan9.iso from bell labs >        mount said iso /some/where >  

[9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?

2012-05-24 Thread Aharon Robbins
Is there a simple recipe to use p9p troff to format the manual pages from the plan 9 dist? I.e.: Install Plan 9 Ports wget plan9.iso from bell labs mount said iso /some/where 9 rc cd /some/where/sys/man # magic stuff here (Or tar off the dist to re