Re: svn co and build of PHP manual could be clearer

Check here: http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/ On Mar 20, 2010 7:58 AM, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote: in order to stay on top of things, i thought i'd "svn co" the development stream of the PHP manual, but it seems that doing that could be more clearly explained. starting here: http://www.php.net/download-docs.php there is no mention whatsoever about doing an svn checkout of the manual -- how to do that is buried partway down in the page here: http://php.net/svn.php it really should be mentioned on that first page, no? also, once i do the checkout: $ svn checkout http://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk ./phpdoc-en there's nothing in that checkout that tells me how to configure and build the manual. i look in vain for a README or Makefile or "configure" script. a little searching and i eventually end up here: http://doc.php.net/php where, curiously, the "PHP section" link at the bottom refers back to itself. how odd. eventually, i follow the link labelled "Documentation Howto" over there on the right, looking for build instructions, but i still don't see them. i see directions for how to edit and validate XML files, but is there a single page with instructions for how to simply generate the manual HTML? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ========================================================================