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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:15:17 -0400
From: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: using bzip2 to compress man-pages
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On 9/22/05, Ulrich Spoerlein <q@galgenberg.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 22.09.2005 at 00:46:11 -0400, Mikhail T. wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > How can I attract an interested comitter to my:
> >
> > =09http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dbin/79607
>
> Changing the default format for manpages has serious bikeshed potential.
> While adding support for reading/writing bz2 compressed manpages is
> certainly useful, I doubt the benefit of switching to bzip2 compressed
> manpages.
>
> There are several points to consider:
>
> 1. I dont want to wait for my manpages to display, they have to be on
> screen instantanously.

You are already waiting.  FreeBSD by default uses gzip-compressed man
pages.  The issue is whether to continue using gzip, or switch to
bzip2.

Try "man -w man" for instance.

- Bob