From 10c43de3192133cd5ac79835e997dbb2f24786d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Starks-Browning Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:07:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Apply Elfyn's patches as supplied in . --- winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo | 15 +++++++++------ winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo | 4 ---- winsup/doc/what.texinfo | 11 +++++------ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo index d8f671cd6..7d41420cb 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo @@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ If you are willing to be a package maintainer, great. We urgently need volunteers to prepare and maintain packages, because the priority of the Cygwin Team is Cygwin itself. -There will be a separate web page where all the details are documented, -but this is not prepared yet. Meanwhile, pore through the cygwin-apps -mailing archives (start at @file{http://cygwin.com/lists.html}), and -subscribe. Charles Wilson posted a short recipe of what's involved, -using texinfo as an example, -at @file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-11/msg00055.html}. This +There's a Cygwin Contributor's Guide on the project web page available +here @file{http://cygwin.com/setup.html}, which details everything you'll +need to know about being a package maintainer. If you need any extra +help you can ask on cygwin-apps @emph{at} cygwin @emph{dot} com mailing +list, or alternatively you can search the cygwin-apps archives +(start at @file{http://http://cygwin.com/lists.html}), as your question +may well have been asked before. Charles Wilson posted a short recipe +of what's involved, using texinfo as an example, available at +@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-11/msg00055.html}. This should give you an idea of what is required. You should announce your intentions to the general cygwin list, in case diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo index 4b20c7d81..21cf28201 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-resources.texinfo @@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ There is a comprehensive Cygwin User's Guide at and an API Reference at @file{http://cygwin.com/cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html}. -There is an interesting paper about Cygwin from the 1998 USENIX Windows -NT Workshop Proceedings at -@file{http://cygwin.com/usenix-98/cygwin.html}. - You can find documentation for the individual GNU tools at @file{http://www.fsf.org/manual/}. (You should read GNU manuals from a local mirror, check @file{http://www.fsf.org/server/list-mirrors.html} diff --git a/winsup/doc/what.texinfo b/winsup/doc/what.texinfo index b3420b5cf..3a54d54d0 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/what.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/what.texinfo @@ -32,18 +32,17 @@ exhibit different limitations, on the various versions of Windows. @section Where can I get it? -The main location for the Cygwin project is -@file{http://cygwin.com/}. There you should find -everything you need for Cygwin, including links for download and setup, -a current list of ftp mirror sites, a User's Guide, an API Reference, -mailing lists and archives, and additional ported software. +The home page for the Cygwin project is @file{http://cygwin.com/}. +There you should find everything you need for Cygwin, including links +for download and setup, a current list of ftp mirror sites, +a User's Guide, an API Reference, mailing lists and archives, and +additional ported software. You can find documentation for the individual GNU tools at @file{http://www.fsf.org/manual/}. (You should read GNU manuals from a local mirror. Check @file{http://www.fsf.org/server/list-mirrors.html} for a list of them.) - @section Is it free software? Yes. Parts are GNU software (gcc, gas, ld, etc...), parts are covered