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bug#59631: 29.0.50; [PATCH] New check-man target to check man pages for
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#59631: 29.0.50; [PATCH] New check-man target to check man pages for errors |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:44:40 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:23:49 -0800
>
> The attached patch adds a new check-man target to check our man pages
> for errors. I know we prefer info over man, but why not. It will catch
> mistakes, like using unknown macros, etc.
>
> To test this, change a macro like ".B" to ".BBB" in doc/man/emacs.1 and
> run "make check-man".
Thanks, but I think it is better to have this as a script in admin/, not a
rule in the top-level Makefile. Especially since it requires specialized
tools and setups.