From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: 59631@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59631: 29.0.50; [PATCH] New check-man target to check man pages for errors
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:44:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h6ykpfkn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmmo=Ri5hLiWiHT8V4dVyZha4+WZrjjJAD=UoXMJhGNz0w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:23:49 -0800)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:23:49 -0800
>
> The attached patch adds a new check-man target to check our man pages
> for errors. I know we prefer info over man, but why not. It will catch
> mistakes, like using unknown macros, etc.
>
> To test this, change a macro like ".B" to ".BBB" in doc/man/emacs.1 and
> run "make check-man".
Thanks, but I think it is better to have this as a script in admin/, not a
rule in the top-level Makefile. Especially since it requires specialized
tools and setups.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-27 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-27 15:23 bug#59631: 29.0.50; [PATCH] New check-man target to check man pages for errors Stefan Kangas
2022-11-27 15:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-11-27 17:49 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-11-27 18:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-27 22:59 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-11-28 12:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-01 15:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-12-01 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-02 22:50 ` Richard Stallman
2022-12-03 7:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-03 14:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-12-03 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-09 10:25 ` Stefan Kangas
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