Re: [9front] Staying up-to-date

[sl@stanleylieber.com]

> You seem to be right. Even though editing the script with acme
> poses no problem, just using cat on the script displays a list
> of insane characters...
> 
> Maybe I should not have done what you did too: copy-paste from
> the FQA -_-;
> 
> I'll retype it.

check it out. this:	# from fqa.9front.org/fqa5.ms

	.P1
	# create any missing directories needed for the build
	cd /
	\&. /sys/lib/rootstub
	
	# build everything
	cd /sys/src
	mk install
	mk clean
	
	# build manpage indices
	cd /sys/man
	mk
	
	# build the papers and html (optional)
	cd /sys/doc
	mk
	mk html
	.P2

becomes this:	# from fqa.9front.org/fqa5.html

	<p style="line-height: 1.1em; text-indent: 0.00in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify;">
	<span style="font-size: 9pt"><tt># create any missing directories needed for the build</tt></span></p>
	<p style="line-height: 1.1em; text-indent: 0.00in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify;">
	<span style="font-size: 9pt"><tt>cd /</tt></span></p>
	<p style="line-height: 1.1em; text-indent: 0.00in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify;">
	<span style="font-size: 9pt"><tt>. /sys/lib/rootstub</tt></span></p>
	<p style="line-height: 1.1em; text-indent: 0.00in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify;">
	<span style="font-size: 9pt"><tt>cd /sys/src</tt></span></p>
	<p style="line-height: 1.1em; text-indent: 0.00in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify;">
	<span style="font-size: 9pt"><tt>objtype=amd64 mk install</tt></span></p>
	<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0.17in"></p>

how?	# from fqa.9front.org/mkfile

	%.html:	%.ms
		htmlroff -u -ms -mhtml $stem.ms >$target
		fixhtml $target

everything else is up to your local tools.

sl