[BusyBox] [PATCH] new-applet-HOWTO diff.

Thomas Lundquist lists at zelow.no
Sun Oct 19 15:13:37 UTC 2003


[good old resend]

> I've been playing around with an attempt to make a add-applet
> perl script but all I've gotten out of it so far is a diff of
> new-applet-HOWTO.txt, the files are alot more complex than 
> I hoped for.
> 
> but it is be updated according to the newest structure.
> 
> cvs diff docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt 
> 
> attatched.
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas.
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Index: docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt
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RCS file: /var/cvs/busybox/docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -u -r1.7 new-applet-HOWTO.txt
--- docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt	18 Mar 2002 16:03:00 -0000	1.7
+++ docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt	8 Sep 2002 09:56:18 -0000
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 First, write your applet.  Be sure to include copyright information at the
 top, such as who you stole the code from and so forth. Also include the
 mini-GPL boilerplate. Be sure to name the main function <applet>_main instead
-of main.  And be sure to put it in <applet>.c.  For a new applet mu, here is
-the code that would go in mu.c:
+of main.  And be sure to put it in <applet>.c. Usage do not have to be taken care of by your applet.
+
+For a new applet mu, here is the code that would go in mu.c:
 
 ----begin example code------
 
@@ -86,11 +87,11 @@
 
 Find the appropriate directory for your new applet.
 
-Add the applet to the applet directory Makefile:
+Add the applet to Makefile.in in the chosen applet directory:
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MU)               += mu.o
 
-Add the applet to the applet directory config.in:
+Add the applet to config.in in the chosen applet directory:
 
 bool 'mu'          CONFIG_MU
 
@@ -146,9 +147,10 @@
 The Grand Announcement
 ----------------------
 
-Then create a diff -urN of the files you added (<applet>.c, usage.c,
-applets.h, Config.h) and send it to the mailing list:
-busybox at busybox.net. Sending patches as attachments is preferred, but
-not required.
+Then create a diff -urN of the files you added (<appletdir/><applet>.c, usage.c,
+applets.h, Config.h, <appletdir>/Makefile.in, <appletdir>/config.in) 
+and send it to the mailing list:
+busybox at busybox.net. 
 
+Sending patches as attachments is preferred, but not required.
 


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