Add MOTD display to hgweb and hgwebdir. The hgweb "footer" template now has space for an optional message of the day (MOTD). This is used in two contexts: 1) On the hgwebdir index page 2) On various pages of each individual repo For both cases, the MOTD is read out of an entry named "motd" in the [web] section of a config file -- the only difference is which file is used. For #1, you need to add the section to hgweb.config; for #2, you need to add to the repo's .hgrc file. I suggest something like this: [web] motd = <p>To download these repositories, <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">get Mercurial</a> and then type something like:</p><p><pre>hg clone http://gs3080.sp.cs.cmu.edu/hg.cgi/cpmpy</pre></p>You can also click the Download links to get an archive of the latest revision. An online sample is available here: http://gs3080.sp.cs.cmu.edu/hg.cgi

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Mercurial's documentation is currently kept in ASCIIDOC format, which

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is a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit. It's also

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convertible to a variety of other formats including standard UNIX man

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page format and HTML.

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To do this, you'll need to install ASCIIDOC:

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 http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/

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To generate the man page:

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 asciidoc -d manpage -b docbook hg.1.txt

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 xmlto man hg.1.xml

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To display:

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 groff -mandoc -Tascii hg.1 | more

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To create the html page (without stylesheets):

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 asciidoc -b html hg.1.txt