doc/README
author Nicolas Dumazet <nicdumz.commits@gmail.com>
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inotify: server: move split() out of server split() has nothing to do with the server logic, it does not need to be in the class. Move it on top, next to join() which does the opposite.
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Mercurial's documentation is currently kept in ASCIIDOC format, which
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is a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit. It's also
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convertible to a variety of other formats including standard UNIX man
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page format and HTML.
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To do this, you'll need to install ASCIIDOC:
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 http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
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To generate the man page:
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 asciidoc -d manpage -b docbook hg.1.txt
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 xmlto man hg.1.xml
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To display:
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 groff -mandoc -Tascii hg.1 | more
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To create the html page (without stylesheets):
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 asciidoc -b html4 hg.1.txt
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(older asciidoc may want html instead of html4 above)