On 2021/06/26 22:06, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 12:40:21PM +1000, Reuben ua Bríġ wrote: > > i would like to prefix this by saying i am writing this as a user > > giving feedback and not a developing giving patches and anyone who has > > a problem with that can go shove it rather than telling me to shut up. > > > > i noticed for a lot of the ports to openbsd, even in base, a lot of > > documentation is either missing or, how shall i put it, over-compiled. > > > > some examples in my memory are: > > > > texlive* installs e.g. PDF documenation and removes TeX sources, even > > though in many cases the TeX sources are an integral part of the > > documentation. > > > > man-pages-posix installs cat files rather than man files. (b.t.w. the > > man tools do work with section 0, you just need change the file > > extension: i would suggest .3p for compatibility with current section.) > > > > anyway i think users would benefit from including more documentation > > when it is in the sources, but, you know, its your time, so dont do it > > if you dont want, just dont be prissy about it. > > > > your diff to implement what you are asking for is welcome!
Maybe not for man-pages-posix, it looks like embedded tbl(7) support is needed. mandoc doesn't do this, so they still need to be formatted with groff.
