Re: [docbook-apps] man page output

[Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net>]

Am Samstag, den 19.08.2006, 22:56 -0400 schrieb Sam Steingold:
> <refentryinfo>
> <author><firstname>Bruno</firstname><surname>Haible</surname><address><otheraddr><ulink url="http://www.haible.de/bruno/"/></otheraddr></address></author>
> <author><firstname>Sam</firstname><surname>Steingold</surname><address><otheraddr><ulink url="http://www.podval.org/~sds/"/></otheraddr></address></author>
> <copyright><year>1992-2006</year><holder>Bruno Haible</holder></copyright>
> <copyright><year>1998-2006</year><holder>Sam Steingold</holder></copyright>
> </refentryinfo>
> 
> produces this in MAN page output:
> 
> AUTHORS
>        Bruno Haible
> 
>           Author.
> 
>        Sam Steingold
> 
>           Author.

With the empty line between the name and the contrib-sentence?

> COPYRIGHT
>        Copyright (C) 1992-2006 Bruno Haible
>        Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Sam Steingold
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 1. what do I do to replace "Author." in "AUTHORS" with the url?

The "Author." string can be replaced by using the contrib-element:

<author>
  <firstname>John</firstname>
  <surname>Doe</surname>
  <contrib><ulink url="http://domain.tld"/></contrib>
</author>

I think, this is not the intended usage of <contrib>, but if you really
need the link there ...

> 2. why is nothing like that produced in the HTML output?

There is an open report at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1446951&group_id=21935&atid=373750, which maybe fits, what you ask for.

Regards, Daniel