Applies cleanly to 2.4.10-pre4 and 2.4.9-ac6.
diff -urN linux-2.4.7/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt altered-2.4.7/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
--- linux-2.4.7/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt Sun Jun 3 20:44:38 2001
+++ altered-2.4.7/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt Mon Aug 20 21:17:49 2001
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
- Makefile
- The targets 'sgmldocs', 'psdocs', and 'pdfdocs' are used to build
- DocBook files, PostScript files, and PDF files in
- Documentation/DocBook.
+ The targets 'sgmldocs', 'psdocs', 'pdfdocs', and 'htmldocs' are used
+ to build DocBook files, PostScript files, PDF files, and html files
+ in Documentation/DocBook.
- Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@
If you just want to read the ready-made books on the various
subsystems (see Documentation/DocBook/*.tmpl), just type 'make
-psdocs', or 'make pdfdocs', depending on your preference. If you
-would rather read a different format, you can type 'make sgmldocs' and
-then use DocBook tools to convert Documentation/DocBook/*.sgml to a
-format of your choice (for example, 'db2html ...').
+psdocs', or 'make pdfdocs', or 'make htmldocs', depending on your
+preference. If you would rather read a different format, you can type
+'make sgmldocs' and then use DocBook tools to convert
+Documentation/DocBook/*.sgml to a format of your choice (for example,
+'db2html ...' if 'make htmldocs' was not defined).
If you want to see man pages instead, you can do this:
@@ -111,7 +112,9 @@
(*)?*/
The short function description cannot be multiline, but the other
-descriptions can be.
+descriptions can be (and they can contain blank lines). Avoid putting a
+spurious blank line after the function name, or else the description will
+be repeated!
All descriptive text is further processed, scanning for the following special
patterns, which are highlighted appropriately.
Ken
-- If a six turned out to be nine, I don't mind.Home page : http://www.kenmoffat.uklinux.net
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