FREECIV(6)

💖 FREECIV(6) — freeciv-manual 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for freeciv-manual, a lil User Commands girly who makes docs for freeciv-server(6). she's lowkey a behind-the-scenes icon, not the main character, and that's fine 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

freeciv-manual — generates an HTML or wiki manual for freeciv-server(6). that's literally her whole job and she ate 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

freeciv-manual [option ...]

the flags, in order, no notes:

• -d, --debug LEVEL — sets the debug log level, and LEVEL has to be one of f, e, w, n, v. pick your fighter 🦋
• -h, --help — prints a summary of the options, for when you're feeling lost (real)
• -l, --log FILE — uses FILE as the logfile. she journals now 💜
• -r, --ruleset RULESET — makes the manual for RULESET, so you can be picky about which ruleset gets documented
• -v, --version — prints the version number, classic
• -w, --wiki — writes the manual in wiki format instead of HTML. slay, format flexibility 🌈

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so what she actually does: freeciv-manual generates a subset of documentation for freeciv-server(6) plus the game rules of a selected ruleset that it runs. like, she boots the ruleset and then documents what she sees. not everything, just a subset — remember that word, it comes back later 🙈

currently she generates 8 files, and yes i'm listing all 8, no i'm not skipping any:

• manual1.html — Server options
• manual2.html — Server commands
• manual3.html — Terrain
• manual4.html — Buildings
• manual5.html — Wonders
• manual6.html — Governments
• manual7.html — Unit types
• manual8.html — Techs

eight whole files. she's been busy. 💅✨

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💀 BUGS 💀

ngl bestie, this one's a little niche. this tool is currently only really of use to the Freeciv maintainers, as a starting point for pages on the main Freeciv wiki — it's not very useful to end users. so if you're a regular player hoping this changes your life… it does not 😭

known shortcomings include that it's missing many ruleset features. see? told you "subset" would come back. the vibe check says: incomplete, on purpose, don't come for her 🫶

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🍓 REPORTING BUGS 🍓

report bugs at https://redmine.freeciv.org/projects/freeciv — but see the above caveats, like, please read them first, we're begging 🙏

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

freeciv-server(6) and the Client Manual at the Freeciv homepage. go read those, they're giving main character energy 👑

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fr fr: options get copied exactly, filenames get copied exactly, and the caveats are real caveats. don't @ me, @ the redmine 💖

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and that's the page, bestie!! brought to you by Debian, dated January 2012 — vintage, iconic, still cute. 🎀💜✨