[oe] Variable reference (was: Documentation update about machine conf files)
Steffen Sledz
sledz at dresearch.de
Mon Aug 24 15:00:47 UTC 2009
>> Would be nice if it is not a glossary only but contains additional info
>> (e.g. exact usage, restrictions, dependencies, examples). This may be
>> realized by references to an own (wiki) page for each variable which needs
>> more than a one liner.
>>
>> What's the community opinion? Should we start such an index in the wiki?
>
> Long time ago, I created conf/documentation.conf. For every variable back then
> we have used VAR[doc] = "Documentation" to describe the semantic of this
> variable. A utility like bitdoc spit out a HTML page...
>
> I would like to see this updated.
It's a good starting point. But it has one drawback: It allows a short one liner docu only. Often it would be great to have some more info, e.g. a list of supported image file system types for IMAGE_FSTYPES.
Steffen
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