git: 2e8d36b57b - main - improve help page
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 14:57:39 UTC
The branch main has been updated by wosch: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=2e8d36b57be497588a5b91f0be575adf36b1de0c commit 2e8d36b57be497588a5b91f0be575adf36b1de0c Author: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-03-31 14:57:32 +0000 Commit: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-03-31 14:57:32 +0000 improve help page --- website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi b/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi index 5ca2555b0d..890afd8afa 100755 --- a/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi +++ b/website/content/en/cgi/man.cgi @@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ Copyright (c) 1993-1995 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. </pre> <p/> -Copyright (c) for man pages by OS vendors. +Copyright (c) for manual pages by OS vendors: <p/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution">2.11 BSD</a>, <a href="https://www.apple.com">Apple</a>, @@ -2136,19 +2136,18 @@ Copyright (c) for man pages by OS vendors. <a href="https://www.x.org">X11R6</a> <h2>FAQ</h2> + <ul> <li>Get the <a href="$BASE/source">source</a> of the man.cgi script</li> <li>Troff macros works only if defined in FreeBSD/groff. OS specific macros like `appeared in NetBSD version 1.2' are not supported.</li> -<li>Some OSs provide only formatted manual pages (catpages), e.g., NetBSD -and OpenBSD. In this case it is not possible to create Postscript +<li>Some OSs provide only formatted manual pages (catpages), e.g., +older NetBSD and OpenBSD releases. In this case it is not possible to create Postscript and troff output.</li> <li>The <a href="https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree"> Unix family tree, BSD part</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="https://ports.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi"> -FreeBSD Ports Changes</a> script.</li> -<li>Copyright (c) and download for man pages by -OS vendors</li> +FreeBSD Ports Search</a> script.</li> </ul> <h2>Shortcuts for FreeBSD manual pages</h2> @@ -2171,8 +2170,8 @@ OS vendors</li> Releases and Releases Aliases are information how to make a link to this script to the right OS version. <p /> -You may download the manpages as gzip'd tar archive -for private use. A tarball is usually 5MB big. +You may download the manual pages as gzip'd tar archive for private or educational purposes. +A tarball is normally 5-25 MB in size. <p /> <ul> @list