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-rw-r--r--faq/0-still_useful.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--faq/help.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn9
-rw-r--r--faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator.mdwn4
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/examples.mdwn17
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/hello.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/mboxfs.mdwn9
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/xmlfs.mdwn6
9 files changed, 39 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/faq/0-still_useful.mdwn b/faq/0-still_useful.mdwn
index 96ea6f32..85608fe3 100644
--- a/faq/0-still_useful.mdwn
+++ b/faq/0-still_useful.mdwn
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ various servers are designed for this sort of modification.
> $ cd /ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian
> $ ls
>
-> personnal filesystem
+> personal filesystem
>
> $ dd < /dev/zero > myspace.img bs=1M count=1024
> $ mke2fs myspace.img
diff --git a/faq/help.mdwn b/faq/help.mdwn
index 44e16d6b..8352dbfe 100644
--- a/faq/help.mdwn
+++ b/faq/help.mdwn
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ is included in the section entitled
[[!meta title="How can I help?"]]
-Please see the [contributing page](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html)
+Please see the [[contributing page|contributing]].
diff --git a/faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn b/faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn
index 460c6e55..68058641 100644
--- a/faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn
+++ b/faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
[[!meta title="Normal users can't start X"]]
-You need to run `dpkg-reconfigure x11-common` and select `Anybody` for
-starting X as there is no way to detect console users currently.
+This happens because currently there is no way to detect console users.
+
+On Debian GNU/Hurd systems, you need to run
+
+ # dpkg-reconfigure x11-common
+
+and select `Anybody` for starting X.
diff --git a/faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn b/faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn
index 3315cc08..8d921b07 100644
--- a/faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn
+++ b/faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
is included in the section entitled
[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
-[[!meta title="Is there still a 2 GiB Partition Limit ?"]]
+[[!meta title="Is there still a 2 GiB Partition Limit?"]]
The 2 GiB limit has been removed in Debian GNU/Hurd.
diff --git a/hurd/translator.mdwn b/hurd/translator.mdwn
index 9bcdbcc5..d4eaf950 100644
--- a/hurd/translator.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator.mdwn
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ The [[concept|concepts]] of translators creates its own problems, too:
* [pith](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#pith)
* [pptop](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#pptop)
* [run](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#run)
-* [xmlfs](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#xmlfs)
-* [mboxfs](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#mboxfs)
+* [[xmlfs]]
+* [[mboxfs]]
Some of the above could be moved from hurdextras to [[source_repositories/incubator]],
see the [[status page|open_issues/hurdextras]].
diff --git a/hurd/translator/examples.mdwn b/hurd/translator/examples.mdwn
index ee766fbf..190b26ae 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/examples.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/examples.mdwn
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ is included in the section entitled
## Setting up translators - HowTo
-Translators can be got from hurd-extras <http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/>
+Additional translators can be got from [[source_repositories/incubator]],
+or [hurd-extras](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/).
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/hurdextras co <modulename>
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ or
ftp$ cd ftp.fr.debian.org
ftp/ftp.fr.debian.org $ ls
-* tarfs translator (needs uatime fix, 2010-08-25 → [git repo](http://github.com/giselher/tarfs))
+* [[tarfs]] translator
You can use tarfs to mount (almost) any tar file (currently broken, 2010-08-25):
@@ -52,14 +53,14 @@ You can even use it to create new tar files:
This is not as fast as `tar czvf newfile.tar.gz all my files`, but at least it's more original. ;)
-* cvsfs translator
+* [[cvsfs]] translator
<!-- Prevent ikiwiki / Markdown rendering bug. -->
$ settrans -ac cvsfs_testing /hurd/cvsfs cvs.savannah.nongnu.org /sources/hurdextras
$ cd cvsfs_testing
-* pfinet translator -- configuring your network interface
+* [[pfinet]] translator -- configuring your network interface
<!-- Prevent ikiwiki / Markdown rendering bug. -->
@@ -77,17 +78,17 @@ This is not as fast as `tar czvf newfile.tar.gz all my files`, but at least it's
$ settrans -ac /cdrom /hurd/iso9660fs /dev/<cdrom device file>
-* ext2fs translator -- 'mounting' an ext2fs partition
+* [[ext2fs]] translator -- 'mounting' an ext2fs partition
<!-- Prevent ikiwiki / Markdown rendering bug. -->
$ settrans -ac /linux /hurd/ext2fs /dev/<partition device file>
-* unionfs translator
+* [[unionfs]] translator
To join "foo/" "bar/" and "baz/" in the directory "quux/", just do:
$ settrans -capfg quux/ /hurd/unionfs foo/ bar/ baz/
-If you want to join even quux/ contents in the union itself, add -u as a translator argument.
-You can add filesystems at run-time with the fsysopts command.
+If you want to join even quux/ contents in the union itself, add `-u` as a translator argument.
+You can add filesystems at run-time with the `fsysopts` command.
diff --git a/hurd/translator/hello.mdwn b/hurd/translator/hello.mdwn
index bd56cd76..440e1774 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/hello.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/hello.mdwn
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
-The *hello* translator is an example of a simple [[libtrivfs]]-based one-node
+The `hello` translator is an example of a simple [[libtrivfs]]-based one-node
[[translator]]. It is shipped as part of the [[Hurd source code
-repository|source_repositories]], and exists in a single-threaded and a
-multi-threaded variant.
+repository|source_repositories]], and exists in a single-threaded (`hello.c`)
+and a multi-threaded (`hello-mt.c`) variant.
diff --git a/hurd/translator/mboxfs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/mboxfs.mdwn
index e357294f..4ffcaab6 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/mboxfs.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/mboxfs.mdwn
@@ -8,4 +8,13 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
is included in the section entitled
[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+`mboxfs` is a translator meant to help people sorting emails.
+It parses mailboxes in order to create a directory hierarchy representing
+the contents of the mailbox.
+Thus, you can sort emails per recipient, senders, date, and much more.
+It supports attachments (put in a separate *attach* directory).
+
+
+# Source
+
<http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#mboxfs>
diff --git a/hurd/translator/xmlfs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/xmlfs.mdwn
index 769c43ce..f57b9f2f 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/xmlfs.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/xmlfs.mdwn
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
is included in the section entitled
[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+`xmlfs` is a translator that provides access to XML documents through the
+filesystem.
+
+
+# Source
+
<http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#xmlfs>