Re: toolchain/49505: Relocate Lua documentation?

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/49505; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>
To: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>, gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: toolchain/49505: Relocate Lua documentation?
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:40:39 +0100

 Am 11.02.15 um 12:01 schrieb Kamil Rytarowski:
 > matthew green wrote:
 >> Marc Balmer wrote
 >>  > This is not a bug.  Lua can be used without the comp set installed.
 >>  
 >>  so.. why are they in section 3?
 >>  
 >>  either way, something is wrong -- section 3 does not belong
 >>  in the man set, but the comp set.
 >>  
 >>  it sounds like lua docs belong in section 1.  eg, like awk.1
 >>  and sed.1, etc.
 >>  
 >>
 > 
 > The current Lua documented functions don't cleanly match
 > "general commands" (section 1).
 > 
 > Lua man pages:
 > 
 > gpio.3lua        gpio.close.3lua  gpio.open.3lua   gpio.set.3lua
 > gpio.unset.3lua  intro.3lua       syslog.3lua      gpio.attach.3lua
 > gpio.info.3lua   gpio.read.3lua   gpio.toggle.3lua gpio.write.3lua
 > sqlite.3lua
 > 
 > intro.9lua pmf.9lua   systm.9lua
 > 
 > In my opinion they match section 3 (Library functions) and section
 > 9 (Kernel). as they are document ordinary API. All man pages section
 > 3 and 9 are in comp.
 > 
 > If there is exception for Lua then OK, I was just wondering.
 > 
 
 Yes, section 3lua and 9lua are not section 3 and 9.  This was discussed
 and decided so quite some time ago, so please leave it as it is.