missing a2ps documentation on project web site
Jim Avera <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:27:27 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1CB1F92EA247BD4109361336 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello a2ps maintainers, Is there an a2ps project page somewhere which contains web-readable documentation? https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/ supposedly has a2ps docs but actually doesn't. A gnu.org webmaster suggested that I should contact [email protected] about this. Please see email thread pasted below. Thanks. ========================================================= [[email protected] - Mar. Mar. 14 18:59:38 2017]: Hi, I was looking for the purported "expert" documentation about a2ps, but so far have found nothing except the man page. The gnu web pagehttps://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/ says "More detailed web pages about GNU a2ps, including documentation, flashes, updates, mailing lists, FAQ etc., is available at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/." However I don't see_any_ documentation about a2ps at that web site (probably I'm not looking in the right place). It contains a link back to the above-mentioned gnu page, and a download directory, and pretty much nothing else (there's a lot of stuff not related specifically to a2ps). Would you mind updating the gnu web page to more specifically point users to available documentation for a2ps? Thanks very much, -Jim Avera Hi Jim, Thanks for your bug report. Indeed, the complete manual for a2ps seems to be missing, but webmasters can't do much about that. This is the maintainers' responsibility. You should try to contact them at <[email protected]>. In the meantime, you can read the txt version of the manual with "info a2ps" if a2ps is completely installed. I was able to generate HTML and PDF versions from the texinfo source, but had to replace several things like $pack{}, $Tex{}, $Copyright{}, etc., with likely values (resp. a2ps, Tex, (C), etc.) As expected for a 10-yr-old document, some of the links are dead. These files are too big to be attached here, but I can send them to your personal address if you wish. Best regards, Therese [0]https://gnu.org/prep/ftp.html --------------1CB1F92EA247BD4109361336 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hello a2ps maintainers,<br> <br> Is there an a2ps project page somewhere which contains web-readable documentation?<br> <br> <a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/">https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/</a> supposedly has a2ps docs but actually doesn't.<br> A gnu.org webmaster suggested that I should contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> about<br> this. Please see email thread pasted below.<br> Thanks.<br> =========================================================<br> <pre wrap="">[<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> - Mar. Mar. 14 18:59:38 2017]: Hi, I was looking for the purported "expert" documentation about a2ps, but so far have found nothing except the man page. The gnu web page <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/">https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/</a> says "More detailed web pages about GNU a2ps, including documentation, flashes, updates, mailing lists, FAQ etc., is available at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/">https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/a2ps/</a>." However I don't see <span class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>any<span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> documentation about a2ps at that web site (probably I'm not looking in the right place). It contains a link back to the above-mentioned gnu page, and a download directory, and pretty much nothing else (there's a lot of stuff not related specifically to a2ps). Would you mind updating the gnu web page to more specifically point users to available documentation for a2ps? Thanks very much, -Jim Avera </pre> <pre wrap=""> Hi Jim, Thanks for your bug report. Indeed, the complete manual for a2ps seems to be missing, but webmasters can't do much about that. This is the maintainers' responsibility. You should try to contact them at <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a>. In the meantime, you can read the txt version of the manual with "info a2ps" if a2ps is completely installed. I was able to generate HTML and PDF versions from the texinfo source, but had to replace several things like $pack{}, $Tex{}, $Copyright{}, etc., with likely values (resp. a2ps, Tex, (C), etc.) As expected for a 10-yr-old document, some of the links are dead. These files are too big to be attached here, but I can send them to your personal address if you wish. Best regards, Therese [0] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gnu.org/prep/ftp.html">https://gnu.org/prep/ftp.html</a> </pre> <br> </body> </html> --------------1CB1F92EA247BD4109361336--