Re: Debiandoc - WWW access to online docs
I put out a new version of debiandoc, download the file debiandoc_0.1-0.deb
from http://www.clinet.fi/~liw/ (enter the directory as the URL, then
in lynx press d on the file, or shift-right-mouse-button in Netscape, or
something similar in other browsers).
This version is not a security bug. Unless there's something important
I don't know about URLs, cgi-bins, or shell scripting. Take a look.
Changes from version 0.0-0 to 0.1-0:
Fixed security bug.
No longer uses rman (since it is in non-free), but uses a simple
built-in man2html conversion. Not really smart enough,
but good enough for a prototype.
Due to previous, references to manual pages inside manual pages
work.
Added a couple of manual pages.
The manual pages work relatively well. Plain text works. Info files
don't work (they'll be converted to ugly plain text). HTML should work
(if filename is *.html or *.html.gz).
I won't hack or read much mail for a few days, but then I'll start
hacking on the conversions and the caching. I vaguely remember hearing
about info2html and texi2html converters; if you have URLs, don't hesitate
to tell me. I'll also start re-reading the developer's guidelines so
that I'll know how to do proper uploads (I have the account).
If anyone tests this, please tell me what you think. <whine>If I don't
get any feedback, I won't improve it.</whine>
Someone might also want to take a look at implementing the queries (full
text search of all documents, and everything related to one program). I
don't know if and when I will have time for those.
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