Re: GCC wwwdocs move to git done

[Iain Sandoe <idsandoe at googlemail dot com>]

Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@gnu.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 01:25:30PM +0100, Iain Sandoe wrote:
> > Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 01:28, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > > > I've done the move of GCC wwwdocs to git (using the previously posted  
> > > > and
> > > > discussed scripts), including setting up the post-receive hook to do the
> > > > same things previously covered by the old CVS hooks, and minimal updates
> > > > to the web pages dealing with the CVS setup for wwwdocs.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Joseph.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > I would like to be able to preview changes to the website by using it
> > from a local
> > webserver.  I realise that individual pages can be viewed in a
> > browser / validated
> > by uploading - but it would be nice to check connectivity etc.
> >
> > At the moment, I can’t identify the “mhc” program that is used in
> > preparing the text
> > (and too many unrelated hits from searches).
>
> I think it's the "metahtml" processor:
>
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/metahtml/
>
> The binary is 20 years old and, somehow, the source code used to build
> it seems to have disappeared.

Yeah - https://www.gnu.org/software/metahtml/

but the cvs co seems to hang on a lock :(

something to investigate later...
Iain