[GRASS-dev] GRASS manual layout overhaul: less redundancy, more compact

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Markus wrote:
>> >> I have modified tools/build_html_index.sh
> Hamish:
>> > re. r36022, d.font.freetype and d.text.freetype should not be on the
>> > no-G_parser() list. perhaps they are failing to run/build on the server
>> > for some other reason?
> Markus:
>> Mhh, no idea. They has only the name of the other (new)
>> module but no description.
>>
>> > here they correctly have name:description in the display modules list
>> > like any other script.
>>
>> Here it fails.
>
> what does 'd.font.freetype --help' say on that machine?

d.font.freetype --help
...
Usage:
 d.font [-lL] [font=string] [path=string] [charset=string] [--verbose]
   [--quiet]


> Does the build use freetype compile flag?

yes

> are d.font and d.text there?

yes

> the scripts are just wrappers that do like:
>  exec d.text "$@"
>
> shrug.
> anyway, they aren't active; so we shouldn't advertize them; so I've
> added them to the ignore list in the script. problem solved ;)
> g.manual still works if anyone is curious.

Perfect :)

>> Well, I guess that the addition to the list in tools/build_html_index.sh
>> is rather harmless (but if you don't think so we can revert that).
>
> that script is enough of an ugly PITA to follow without more noise...
>
>
> Hamish
>
>
> ps- what's up with r.li.daemon? the html page is on the no-G_parser()
> list; the Makefile says it's what becomes libgrass_rli.so, and main.c
> is named main.c.unused? former frontend to the library or stand-alone
> version?

In the directory libgrass_rli.6.5.svn.so is used. I assume that main.c.unused
serves as a template (maybe better name it as such?).

Markus