Re: How's linux-doc going?

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Rob,

>>> man 2 syscall and not getting an index. :)  There isn't a man page for
>>> ioctls
>> There *is* an ioctl_list.2 man page, but it is quite
>> out of date.  It would certainly be wonderful to bring that
>> page closer to up to date (but if you decide to attack that,
>> let's talk about some details first).
> 
> I'm unlikely to send in edits to man pages because I don't speak troff.  
> (There's a reason I poke at doclifter...)  I can send you text, though.

Okay.  But you might also find that the basics of troff aren't too complex.
 (Have a look at man-pages.7, and the SEE ALSO refs it has.)

> I now have three major potential sources of ioctl info (and a couple of minor 
> ones).  I need to read and collate the existing docs before worrying about 
> the holes, and I'm unlikely to get to it this week.  Maybe next.

Okay, that would be good.

Cheers,

Michael

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Michael Kerrisk
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