I was confused/surprised that dist-doc is in Github when it's generated, based on what's in doc. The Makefile simply seems to copy them, en-masse, from one directory to the other. Is there a reason this is done?
It's also a little tedious to create or edit the doc files on a non-Atari (e.g., vi on Linux), since the EOL characters are Atari specific. I'm thinking we can use modern EOL in the doc files, and then simply translate them as part of the copying process.
i.e., rather than the (more-or-less) cp doc/* dist-doc/ that's in Makefile now, use tr '\233' '\n' < doc/FILE.DOC > dist-doc/FILE.DOC or somesuch...?
I was confused/surprised that
dist-doc
is in Github when it's generated, based on what's indoc
. TheMakefile
simply seems to copy them, en-masse, from one directory to the other. Is there a reason this is done?It's also a little tedious to create or edit the doc files on a non-Atari (e.g.,
vi
on Linux), since the EOL characters are Atari specific. I'm thinking we can use modern EOL in thedoc
files, and then simply translate them as part of the copying process.i.e., rather than the (more-or-less)
cp doc/* dist-doc/
that's inMakefile
now, usetr '\233' '\n' < doc/FILE.DOC > dist-doc/FILE.DOC
or somesuch...?