diff --git a/academic/xschem/README b/academic/xschem/README
index 9eed99ce40..9af371c59b 100644
--- a/academic/xschem/README
+++ b/academic/xschem/README
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ be defined by the user -tcl extension language allows the creation
 of scripts; any user command in the drawing window has an associated
 tcl comand - VHDL / Verilog / Spice netlist, ready for simulation -
 Behavioral VHDL / Verilog code can be embedded as one of the properties
-of the schematic block,
+of the schematic block.
diff --git a/academic/xschem/doinst.sh b/academic/xschem/doinst.sh
index 4e8ba7071d..5fb28930db 100644
--- a/academic/xschem/doinst.sh
+++ b/academic/xschem/doinst.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
   /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
-
diff --git a/academic/xschem/xschem.SlackBuild b/academic/xschem/xschem.SlackBuild
index e44e603499..1c513ac5c2 100644
--- a/academic/xschem/xschem.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/xschem/xschem.SlackBuild
@@ -89,30 +89,25 @@ make install PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$PKG
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
-PKGDOC=$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-mkdir -p $PKGDOC
-
-cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKGDOC/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
-
-mkdir -p $PKG/install
-cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
-cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
-
-cd $PKG
-printf "\033[32m remane usr/share/doc/${PRGNAM} usr/share/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION\033[0m\n"
-mv usr/share/doc/${PRGNAM} usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/doc
-
-printf "\033[32m create desktop and icons\033[0m\n"
-mkdir -p usr/share/applications
-mkdir -p usr/share/pixmaps/xschem/
-cp $CWD/${PRGNAM}.desktop usr/share/applications/
-cp $CWD/${PRGNAM}.png usr/share/pixmaps/xschem/
-
-# compress the manual
-
-printf "\033[32mcompress manual in ${PKG}/usr/share/doc/share/man\033[0m\n"
-find usr/share/man -name "*.[12345678n]" -exec gzip {} \;
 mv $PKG/usr/share/man $PKG/usr/
 
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM/
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM/
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+mv $PKG/usr/share/doc/$PRGNAM/* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
+rmdir $PKG/usr/share/doc/$PRGNAM/
+rmdir $PKG/usr/share/doc/
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE