viewing sgml documents

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Wednesday 21 January 2004 09:23 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "Andrew L. Gould" <algould at datawok.com> writes:
> > On Wednesday 21 January 2004 07:43 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > > "Andrew L. Gould" <algould at datawok.com> writes:
> > > > When ports install sgml documents to /usr/local/share/doc/*, what
> > > > apps are used to view them without the markups?
> > >
> > > Normally a web browser is used to view the html files that are
> > > generated from them...
> >
> > I'm trying to view the operators' guide for dancer-ircd port.  The sgml
> > documents are in
> > /usr/local/share/doc/dancer-ircd/sgml/dancer-oper-guide/. I've installed
> > the ports docproj and sgmltools; and I've read the README files and
> > MAKEFILE's in the relevant directories.
> >
> > When I perform "make doc" per the MAKEFILE, it doesn't do anything. No
> > messages are returned.
> >
> > When I use sgmltools, the html option creates one empty directory.  The
> > ps and txt options create documents with the entirety of the contents on
> > one line.
> >
> > Is it generally this hard to produce documentation, or is this port an
> > exception?
>
> The typical case is that the port does it for you.
>
> In this case, the latest version of the port seems to download and
> install text documentation; no sgml documents are installed, as far as
> I can see.

I installed from the package at ftp.freebsd.org.  I'll pkg_delete and install 
from the port.

Thanks,

Andrew Gould