From 3515f6e04359a2c8e4ef28f1e0d0634f9148c773 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:16:50 +0000 Subject: - make it resemble html. --- docs/busybox.net/about.html | 6 +++--- docs/busybox.net/news.html | 8 ++++---- docs/busybox.net/programming.html | 20 ++++++++++---------- docs/busybox.net/shame.html | 2 +- docs/busybox.net/subversion.html | 6 +++--- docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html | 6 +++--- 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/about.html b/docs/busybox.net/about.html index 305dabf9d..080f8a9dd 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/about.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/about.html @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ nodes in /dev, a few configuration files in /etc, and a Linux kernel.

-BusyBox is maintained by Rob Landley, and +BusyBox is maintained by Rob Landley, and licensed under the -GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE +GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ consider these fine companies! If you wish to be a sponsor, or if you have already contributed and would like -your name added here, email Erik. +your name added here, email Erik. diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/news.html b/docs/busybox.net/news.html index 91e756f49..f70c0e3a3 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/news.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/news.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ maintainership to Rob Landley was license enforcement. BusyBox and uClibc's existing license enforcement efforts (pro-bono representation by Erik's father's law firm, and the - Hall of Shame), haven't + Hall of Shame), haven't scaled to match the popularity of the projects. So we put our heads together and did the obvious thing: ask Pamela Jones of Groklaw for suggestions. She @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Software Freedom Law Center has agreed to represent BusyBox and uClibc. We join a number of other free and open source software projects (such as - X.org, + X.org, Wine, and - Plone + in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a phrase you get to use every day.

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@

The new stable release is BusyBox 1.1.0. It has a number of improvements, including several new applets. - (It also has a few rough spots, + (It also has a few rough spots, but we're trying out a "release early, release often" strategy to see how that works. Expect 1.1.1 sometime in March.)

diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/programming.html b/docs/busybox.net/programming.html index f54f018ed..f5433f519 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/programming.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/programming.html @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  • Who are the BusyBox developers?
    • -

    What are the goals of busybox?

    +

    What are the goals of busybox?

    Busybox aims to be the smallest and simplest correct implementation of the standard Linux command line tools. First and foremost, this means the @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ and cleanest implementation we can manage, be standards compliant, minimize run-time memory usage (heap and stack), run fast, and take over the world.

    -

    What is the design of busybox?

    +

    What is the design of busybox?

    Busybox is like a swiss army knife: one thing with many functions. The busybox executable can act like many different programs depending on @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ binaries for each applet, and a "libbb.so" to make the busybox common code available as a shared library. Neither is ready yet at the time of this writing.

    - + -

    The applet directories

    +

    The applet directories

    The directory "applets" contains the busybox startup code (applets.c and busybox.c), and several subdirectories containing the code for the individual @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ html, txt, and man page formats) in the docs directory. See adding an applet to busybox for more information.

    -

    libbb

    +

    libbb

    Most non-setup code shared between busybox applets lives in the libbb directory. It's a mess that evolved over the years without much auditing @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ of open(), close(), read(), and write() that test for their own failures and/or retry automatically, linked list management functions (llist.c), command line argument parsing (getopt_ulflags.c), and a whole lot more.

    -

    Adding an applet to busybox

    +

    Adding an applet to busybox

    To add a new applet to busybox, first pick a name for the applet and a corresponding CONFIG_NAME. Then do this:

    @@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ bugs. Be sure to try both "allyesconfig" and "allnoconfig" (and -

    What standards does busybox adhere to?

    +

    What standards does busybox adhere to?

    The standard we're paying attention to is the "Shell and Utilities" -portion of the Open +portion of the Open Group Base Standards (also known as the Single Unix Specification version 3 or SUSv3). Note that paying attention isn't necessarily the same thing as following it.

    @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ return 0 unless it has hit the end of input, and an attempt to write 0 bytes should be ignored by the OS.)

    As for short writes, play around with two processes piping data to each -other on the command line (cat bigfile | gzip > out.gz) and suspend and +other on the command line (cat bigfile | gzip > out.gz) and suspend and resume a few times (ctrl-z to suspend, "fg" to resume). The writer can experience short writes, which are especially dangerous because if you don't notice them you'll discard data. They can also happen when a system is under @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ text console scrolling...)

    So will data always be read from the far end of a pipe at the same chunk sizes it was written in? Nope. Don't rely on that. For one -counterexample, see rfc 896

    +counterexample, see rfc 896 for Nagle's algorithm, which waits a fraction of a second or so before sending out small amounts of data through a TCP/IP connection in case more data comes in that can be merged into the same packet. (In case you were diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/shame.html b/docs/busybox.net/shame.html index 2c800c85f..5cd868aa0 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/shame.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/shame.html @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ the busybox license by releasing the source code with your product.
  • Avaks alink Roadrunner 64
    Partial source available, based on source distributed under NDA from LSILogic. Why the NDA LSILogic, what are you hiding ?
    To verify the Avaks infrigment see my slashdot journal. -
    The ZipIt wireless IM device appears to be using Busybox-1.00-pre1 in the ramdisk, however no source has been made available.
    +
    The ZipIt wireless IM device appears to be using Busybox-1.00-pre1 in the ramdisk, however no source has been made available.
  • Undoubtedly there are others... Please report them so we can shame them (or if necessary sue them) into compliance. diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/subversion.html b/docs/busybox.net/subversion.html index 3743b4da1..65be61c73 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/subversion.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/subversion.html @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -

    Browse Source

    +

    Accessing Source

    -

    Patches

    +

    Patches

    If you don't want to mess with subversion, you can download -all BusyBox patches or check the +all BusyBox patches or check the ten most recent.

    Anonymous Subversion Access

    diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html b/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html index 7ed795f5d..ef76d33d8 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ dev mailing list.

    In a gui environment, you'll probably want a web browser. -Konqueror Embedded requires QT -(or QT Embedded), but not KDE. The Dillo -requires GTK+, but not Gnome. Or you can try the graphical +Konqueror Embedded requires QT +(or QT Embedded), but not KDE. The Dillo +requires GTK+, but not Gnome. Or you can try the graphical version of links.

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