Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > we already have phpdoc/scripts/make_man.php, Ok, this doesn't work anymore (well, somehow) as it heavily relies on the DocBook 3 and its internal structure, while we now use DocBook 4 which does look a little different ... I tried to fix the regex magic in the scrip

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Philip Olson wrote: > one concern is the php manual is heavily linked, some > documentation almost depends on readers clicking around > through them. something to think about at least :) unix-style man pages obviously make sense for the function reference pages only, and there linking is don

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Philip Olson
one concern is the php manual is heavily linked, some documentation almost depends on readers clicking around through them. something to think about at least :) regards, Philip Olson On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Mark Kronsbein wrote: > > > Egon Schmid wrote: > > > > We doesn´t need alternative i

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Mark Kronsbein
> Fist: Who is "we"? Arghs, this should have been "first"... Mark -- German Gabber Network @ http://www.gabber.de Infos und Tips zu PHP http://www.php-homepage.de

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Mark Kronsbein
Egon Schmid wrote: > > We doesn´t need alternative interfaces. Fist: Who is "we"? Second: Why not? I someone likes to print manual on toilet paper to read on the toilet, well, let him do this. Egon, this [ insert-format-you-like-here ] will not "kill" the "original" PHP manual, it will help

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Philip Olson
Also allowing such man entries will go well with the upcoming PHP versions, which come standard with CLI now. Philip On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Jirka Kosek wrote: > Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > > > > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > > okay, let's code it! > > > > we already have phpdoc/scripts/make_man.p

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Jirka Kosek
Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > okay, let's code it! > > we already have phpdoc/scripts/make_man.php, > but i'd like to see a more general solution like docbook2man ... There is such solution, but I didn't used it personally: http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/docbook2man

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Enrico Weigelt wrote: > okay, let's code it! we already have phpdoc/scripts/make_man.php, but i'd like to see a more general solution like docbook2man ... http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/scripts/make_man.php?r=1.1 > well, i'm completely new to the phpdoc stuff, so some introduction > would be

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Egon Schmid wrote: > If Enrico would build his own man pages he can do so, but I don´t > see that we should distribute man pages from phpweb. i'd *love* to have good unix-style man pages typing "man something" is the natural way of getting documentation for functions and commands on unix ... "m

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread s.nohn
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Egon Schmid wrote: > We doesn´t need alternative interfaces. Who is "we"? That you don't need a man-version of the manual does'nt mean, that nobody needs a man-page. I think a man-page would be great. Regards, Sebastian Nohn -- Did I help you? Consider a gift! http://www.a

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Gabor Hojtsy
> > > We doesn´t need alternative interfaces. > > > > could you elaborate on that? > > If Enrico would build his own man pages he can do so, but I don´t > see that we should distribute man pages from phpweb. Why? Does it hurt? Goba

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Egon Schmid
From: "Hartmut Holzgraefe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Egon Schmid wrote: > > We doesn´t need alternative interfaces. > > could you elaborate on that? If Enrico would build his own man pages he can do so, but I don´t see that we should distribute man pages from phpweb. -Egon

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Egon Schmid wrote: > We doesn´t need alternative interfaces. could you elaborate on that? -- Hartmut Holzgraefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.six.de +49-711-99091-77 Wir stellen für Sie aus auf der CeBIT 2002 und freuen uns in Halle 6 auf Ihren Besuch am Stand H 18

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Jan Lehnardt
Hi, On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:31:53 +0100 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > btw can anyone give me an short introduction how to download the > the phpdoc via cvs ? (didnt ever use cvs) > please an cmdline for checkout and one for commit. http://www.php.net/anoncvs.php (substitute co php4

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-28 Thread Jan Lehnardt
Hi, On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:46:52 +0100 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > where should i start looking at ? we have an old script that does manual->man page conversion (if that is what you meant) but I don't know it it works (still). I am also sure, that we don't use it. see http://cvs.p

RE: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-27 Thread James Cox
actually a man interface would be pretty cool. i'm +1bn for that. James > -Original Message- > From: Egon Schmid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:13 AM > To: Enrico Weigelt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative inter

Re: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-27 Thread Egon Schmid
We doesn´t need alternative interfaces. -Egon - Original Message - From: "Enrico Weigelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: [PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces > > hi folks, > > i'm n

[PHP-DOC] alternative interfaces

2002-02-27 Thread Enrico Weigelt
hi folks, i'm new to the php documentation stuff and i wanna write some alternative interfaces for the php documentation, i.e. for good old *nix man. where should i start looking at ? ~-n -- Enrico Weigelt== meTUX IT services software development, IT service, internet security soluti