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authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>2010-11-19 12:54:24 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-11-24 15:13:58 -0800
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docs: default to more modern toolset
When the ASCIIDOC8 and ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF knobs were built, many people were still on asciidoc 7 and using older versions of docbook-xsl. These days, even the almost 2-year-old Debian stable needs these knobs turned. So let's turn them by default. The new knobs ASCIIDOC7 and ASCIIDOC_ROFF can be used to get the old behavior if people are on older systems. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ Issues of note:
Building and installing the pdf file additionally requires
dblatex. Version 0.2.7 with asciidoc >= 8.2.7 is known to work.
- The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make
- ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" will let you format with AsciiDoc 8.
+ The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but by default
+ uses some compatibility wrappers to work on AsciiDoc 8. If you have
+ AsciiDoc 7, try "make ASCIIDOC7=YesPlease".
Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation is available in
"html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For