Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:51:09 -0700 (PDT)
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To: gmontem AT apollo (GEORGE ARUGAY MONTEMAYOR), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: man pages for DOS?
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At 10:34  10/3/1997 GMT, GEORGE ARUGAY MONTEMAYOR wrote:
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>Hello,
>
>I was looking in the book store for a reference book for C/C++, not the
>'how-to-program C/C++' books, but the quick-reference on common C/C++
>functions such as those in the 'stdio' and 'strings' library. Then
>something hit me, the man pagges, but unfortunately I don't know if one
>exists for use on MS-DOS.  The closest I can think of is the version that
>runs on Linux, which of course comes with source code. Has anyone edited
>and recompiled the Linux man pages program to work under MS-DOS? I would
>like to be able to access the GNU C/C++ man pages without having to reboot
>and load Linux, followed by rebooting back to DOS.
All these are included in the info docs (see those for libc and libgpp).
There is a program called CAWF which is ported to DJGPP, and does man pages
rather nicely. You can write a batch file called `man' which invokes CAWF
appropriately (I don't know all the details but I think it's fairly
straightforward). There is also GNU groff. Look for them where you got DJGPP.
>On a plus side to this, with man pages for DOS, developers can also
>develop man pages for their libraries (allegro comes into mind), so we
>don't have to run an editor to load a clunky text file and search for the
>function in question.
Hear hear. Although, IMHO `info' format would be better. Shawn? You gave us
HTML, how about info?

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net