From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Shirkey Subject: Re: ALSA docs Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:38:54 +0900 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3D44C6DE.6030704@boosthardware.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Paul Davis wrote: >>I'm looking into ways to automate the modules options component file for >> the docs. >> >>At the moment I am considering using perl or mysql. Does anyone know >>which is easier to setup to do the following. >> >>Parse the INSTALL file for a module name. >>Return the info for that module. >> >>Then either >> >>Write the module info to a temp file which is inserted into the template >> >> or >> >>insert the module info into the template. > > > i would personally work from a complete set of snd-* modules, and use > modinfo(1) + perl to get the information Isn't that what happens in the INSTALL file anyway? > and put that into the temp > file that is inserted into the template, or if possible, put it > straight into the template. > IIRC doing the above would need access to a set of modules online. Seems unneccesary when the INSTALL file is already available. But I'm willing to be told otherwise if it makes the info more reliable. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. For the discerning hardware connoisseur Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/guide/ ======================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31