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Re: manpages for X11 games?



On 21 Feb 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I think if a binary is in /usr/X11R6/bin, the man pages go
>  into /usr/X11R6/man. If it is in /usr/games, the man pages go in
>  /usr/man. The algorithm, which is the same one as the one used to
>  generate the man path, is
> 
> 	 base=$(dirname <path to binary> | sed s:/[^/]*$:/: )man
> 
>  I think that works for everything in my PATH. How about that for a
>  policy criterion?

I think this would be a very simple, very clear and also very correct
criterion.

> __> echo $(dirname /usr/sbin/make-kpkg | sed s:/[^/]*$:/: )man
> /usr/man

Yes, this is how it works already for everything but /usr/games.

>  Beauty is only skin deep, but Ugly goes straight to the bone.
:-)

Remco
-- 
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kick-boxing


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