Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:39:37 -0700 From: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> To: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using bzip2 to compress man-pages Message-ID: <20050922223937.GB1091@pun.isi.edu> In-Reply-To: <54db439905092215152a197bf9@mail.gmail.com> References: <200509220446.j8M4kBPA019823@blue.virtual-estates.net> <20050922182104.GC990@galgenberg.net> <54db439905092215152a197bf9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 06:15:17PM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote:
> On 9/22/05, Ulrich Spoerlein <q@galgenberg.net> wrote:
> > 1. I dont want to wait for my manpages to display, they have to be on
> > screen instantanously.
>=20
> You are already waiting. FreeBSD by default uses gzip-compressed man
> pages. The issue is whether to continue using gzip, or switch to
> bzip2.
>=20
> Try "man -w man" for instance.
You can turn this off using -DNO_MANCOMPRESS when you make world (or
by the appropriate find command - find /usr/share/man -type f -name
\*.gz -exec gunzip '{}' \; is a good start - if you don't make world).
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