Re: Man pages server code, anyone?

Putz.parc@xerox.com
Mon, 28 Sep 1992 10:42:41 PDT


Date: 	Mon, 28 Sep 1992 10:42:41 PDT
From: Putz.parc@xerox.com
Subject: Re: Man pages server code, anyone?
In-Reply-To: <9209281240.AA04048@nxoc01.cern.ch>
To: timbl@nxoc01.cern.ch (Tim Berners-Lee)
Cc: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch, ruth@fnal.fnal.gov
Message-Id: <92Sep28.104304pdt.58401@spoggles.parc.xerox.com>

Hi Tim,

I don't have a man page to HTML filter, but I did hack together a simple
man page http server implemented in C-shell.  The man pages are just
formatted by the man command (using nroff) and presented as <PLAINTEXT>.
Here is a sample session:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        PARC Unix Manual Search
                                   UNIX HELP
                                       
   Enter keywords to find Unix manual pages
   
   or select a man page[1] by name or return to the PARC Web[2]
     [End]

FIND <keywords>, 1-2, Back, Quit, or Help: f www

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         PARC Unix Manuals: www
                                      WWW
                                       
   Select a man page[1] or return to the PARC Web[2] or enter another keyword
   
  viola[3] (1)           X-Windows World-Wide Web (WWW) browser
                         
  www[4] (1)             World-Wide Web line-mode browser
     [End]

FIND <keywords>, 1-4, Back, Quit, or Help: 4

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        PARC Unix Manual: 1 www
                                      WWW
                                       
   Enter a keyword or select a man page[1] by name or return to the PARC Web[2]
   


www(1)                   USER COMMANDS                     www(1)

NAME
     www - World-Wide Web line-mode browser

SYNOPSIS
     www [options] [docaddress [keywords]]

DESCRIPTION
     The World-Wide Web line-mode  browser  allows  you  to  find
     information  by  following  references  and/or by using key-
     words.

     References  are  numbers  in  [brackets]  after   particular
     phrases.  Type the number and RETURN for more information on
FIND <keywords>, 1-2, Back, <RETURN> for more, Quit, or Help: q
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