From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Fri Oct 30 17:39:14 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23EE3A22456 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:39:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c.brinkhaus@t-online.de) Received: from mailout05.t-online.de (mailout05.t-online.de [194.25.134.82]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mailout00.t-online.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E9021B67 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:39:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c.brinkhaus@t-online.de) Received: from fwd00.aul.t-online.de (fwd00.aul.t-online.de [172.20.26.147]) by mailout05.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id C91A918575C; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:39:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from esprimo.local (SyQaOyZSZhIwtdopLDW4staC8BlwvikrB1Hg-VzfFg6Yifu2xtsd+JV5Ke9yFjTgl6@[217.81.139.43]) by fwd00.t-online.de with (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) esmtp id 1ZsDdi-0crfZg0; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:38:58 +0100 Received: from esprimo.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by esprimo.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA8445CEF6; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:38:57 +0100 (CET) Received: (from chris@localhost) by esprimo.local (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id t9UHcvPe006766; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:38:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from chris) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:38:57 +0100 From: Christoph Brinkhaus To: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bug 204017] man page of xrandr does not work Message-ID: <20151030173857.GA1249@esprimo.local> References: <20151025194241.GA37947@esprimo.local> <201510261441.t9QEevYT035358@fire.js.berklix.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201510261441.t9QEevYT035358@fire.js.berklix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-ID: SyQaOyZSZhIwtdopLDW4staC8BlwvikrB1Hg-VzfFg6Yifu2xtsd+JV5Ke9yFjTgl6 X-TOI-MSGID: 1e500fe9-efef-4ad6-b08e-1e09f0b27890 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:39:14 -0000 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, Christoph