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Re: Documentation of Lua modules



Am 11.10.13 10:08, schrieb Andrew Shadura:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:31:07 -0700 Matt Thomas
> <matt%3am-software.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
>>> - A new manual section for Lua documentation is created, 3l.
>>> The physical directory in the source tree would then be man3l.
>>> To lookup a manpage, we use '3l' and 'lua' in man.conf.  3l
>>> will be searched after section 3, before section 4.  'lua' is
>>> just an alias for '3l'.
> 
>> I'd rather have it use 3lua (man3lua).  Other than that, I'm
>> fine with it.
> 
> While my opinion may be irrelevant, but let me share how similar
> thing is done in Debian. Here, we've moved Tcl man pages from (n),
> as shipped by upstream, to (3tcl). It seems to me 3tcl (and 3lua)
> is much clearer than if it were 3t and 3l.

I've got some feedback and a majority was for '3lua' over '3l' which I
originally suggested.

So I guess this will be it.  man3lua for the src directory, 3lua for
the man page section, 3l as a man page section alias if it is needed.




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