Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 10:33:00 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another Tool Message-ID: <38EA274C.71D652CB@acuson.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003311029510.413-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> <20000403230947.A23420@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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Nik Clayton wrote: > Not all Unix commands have man pages. Some of them (particularly GNU > programs) prefer the "info" format. Try <tongue in cheek> That's because GNU's Not Unix(tm). Anything they can do to violate proven and time tested Unix standards, GNU will do. </tongue in cheek> (tongue back in cheek, but frustration still unchecked) There is little more frustrating than to bring up a man page under any variety of Linux and see the words "This documentation is obsolete". This is primarily due to the pervasive nature of GNU software in Linux*. There is a purpose for man pages, but the FSF does not seem to comprehend what it is. It doesn't matter if they feel man to be technically or morally inferior to info or not, millions of people rely on man. How much work is it converting documentation you already have from info to man format? David ----- (*)Why some of these mulimillion dollar Linux distributors don't step up to the plate and start writing basic documentation is beyond me... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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