Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:38:57 +0100 From: Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bug 204017] man page of xrandr does not work Message-ID: <20151030173857.GA1249@esprimo.local> In-Reply-To: <201510261441.t9QEevYT035358@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <20151025194241.GA37947@esprimo.local> <201510261441.t9QEevYT035358@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 03:40:57PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Hi Julian! > Hi, > Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 08:20:12PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > Hi, Reference: > > > > From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org > > > > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 18:19:26 +0000 > > > > > > bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org wrote: > > > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204017 > > > > > > > > Bug ID: 204017 > > > > Summary: man page of xrandr does not work > > > > Product: Documentation > > > > Version: Latest > > > > Hardware: Any > > > > OS: Any > > > > Status: New > > > > Severity: Affects Many People > > > > Priority: --- > > > > Component: Documentation > > > > Assignee: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org > > > > Reporter: c.brinkhaus@t-online.de > > > > > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > > > > section 5.4 liks to xrandr(1). Clicking to the link opens > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xrandr&sektion=1 with the result > > > > > > > > Sorry, no data found for `xrandr(1)'. Please try a keyword search. > > > > You may look for other FreeBSD Search Services. > > > > > > > > I did not found a man page of xrandr. > > > > > > /usr/ports/x11/xrandr > > > PS Its a nice util. > > > > Dear Julian, > > > > the issue is more or less my fault because I was not aware > > that I have the option to change the man page query to +ports. > > I converted my `man' to search local so long ago I couldnt remember > I'd done it, or how, so searched & found I had: > /etc/csh.cshrc: setenv MANPATH \ > '/usr/share/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/doc:' > I am happy with my current MANPATH. May be the newer installations provide already a good default compared to the past. But it is good to know how to modify it if necessary. Thank you for this information. > > On the other hand it would be nice if the man page would appear > > without having to change the default options. > > Agreed. I can't imagine many people run FreeBSD without ports, & even the few > minimalist systems that do, I can't imagine it will hurt if man command also > finaly looks in /usr/local/man > > > Should I mark the bug as closed because it is not a real bug? > > Or should I leave it untouched because the behaviour is not as expected? > > Well I'm coming in late, it was really just to point you at xrandr, > (& even more so, to `arandr' which helped me when I got stuck on > xrandr syntax) I haven't read your bug report, but if youve submitted > a diff to man to look in local would seem a good idea, would make > FreeBSD more initially useful to lots of newcomers. I really was not sure how to judge the behaviour. I think a diff is only useful if the author of the bug report has a good suggestion. But thank again for pointing me to xrandr. I appreciate all the tools which make FreeBSD so powerful and userfriendly. > > > Kind regards, > > Christoph > > > Cheers, > Julian Kind regards, Christophhelp
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