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request: pointer to the docs in the module file


From: Sam Steingold
Subject: request: pointer to the docs in the module file
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:26:29 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Hi,

How do I find out where a module is documented?
E.g., when I discovered the getloadavg module, I had to do
find gnulib/ -name getload\*
to find gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/getloadavg.texi.
It would be nice if there were a pointer in gnulib/modules/getloadavg,
preferably a URL with the up-to-date (updated nightly) doc generated from
the texi file.

Also, in the MODULES.html file:
1. the dependencies should be links
2. the links to files (e.g., argz.c et al) should specify the file type
text/plain so that firefox does not ask me how to open it.
3. should contain the aforementioned link to the doc generated from
*.texi

Also, some texi docs, e.g.,
   getutxid.texi
   getuid.texi
   getpwnam.texi
   getrusage.texi
say something like this:
-----------------
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms: .......
@end itemize
-----------------
if no "portability problems" are fixed, what does this module do?

Also, mkdir.texi says:
-----------------
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function is called @code{_mkdir}
and takes only one argument.  The fix (without Gnulib) is to define a macro
like this:
-----------------
what does this mean?
I need to use this macro if I am not using Gnulib?
I need to define the macro even if I am using Gnulib?

Thanks.

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