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How to view GDM documentation gdm3/docs/en_GB/en_GB.po?

Asked by SunBear

After cloning https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3, I found the GDM documentation in ~/gdm3/docs/en_GB/en_GB.po. However, it is written with a specific text view. What software should I use to read this file so that it will appear easy to read? E.g. no repeats of each paragraph, and no text app syntax but just plain text.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

gdm3/docs/en_GB/en_GB.po is not the right documentation file.
This is a file used for translating the documentation into different languages, unsuitable for direct reading.

You better use gdm3/docs/en_GB/index.docbook
This file can be easily converted into readable files with tools from docbook-utils, e.g. docbook2html or docbook2pdf

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SunBear (sunbear-c22) said : 		#2

@m-hampl Thanks. I just realised this documentation that "This manual describes version 2.26.0 of the GNOME Display Manager. It was last updated on 02/10/2009."

Is this the correct documentation for GDM 3.28.3? If not, can you point me to the correct documentation?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What do you want documentation on? What are you trying to achieve?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

What kind of documentation are you looking for? End user documentation or developer documentation?

I assume that you best took at the GNOME pages for gdm. https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM/ and https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/

The documentation lies within responsibility of Gnome, and not Ubuntu.

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