Re: manpages for X11 games?

[Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>]

On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Adrian Bridgett wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 09:30:51AM +0100, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> > 
> > Recall, that we have decided to put X11 games into /usr/games instead of
> > /usr/X11R6/bin.
> > 
> > But where should manpages for X11 games go? I'd say they have to go into
> > /usr/man/... instead of /usr/X11R6/man/... Any other opinions?
> 
> How about /usr/X11R6/man for X-only games and /usr/man for all the others.

Well, this somehow contradicts to the rule that all games (X and non-X)
should be installed into /usr/games, and not into /usr/X11R6/bin.

Any other opinions?

> They should also be in section 6.
> 
> On a related note, what is the policy about the endings of manpages (e.g.
> /usr/X11R6/man1/package.1x.gz or /usr/X11R6/man1/package.1.gz)

Good point, we haven't discussed this yet.


Thanks,

Chris

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