Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:46:49 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, utisoft@gmail.com Subject: Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD Message-ID: <20090605054649.GA5799@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090604231605.aa62473b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906041007400.31357@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <b79ecaef0906040223q34875f54wfb523c2cc893373e@mail.gmail.com> <20090604173535.984e32d6.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906041754580.34564@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <b79ecaef0906040920y4af8a67ck3f7a765a0f0c21fa@mail.gmail.com> <20090604174510.GA32547@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906041947550.35646@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <18984.11239.817035.710659@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090604210006.GA33278@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20090604231605.aa62473b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:16:05PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:00:06 -0400, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > > Yes, I know. That is why some other additional for is also useful. > > I don't really propose changing man, but do often wish for some other > > form. > > Many programs contain an EXAMPLES section in the man page. > Further documentation often is supplied in /usr/local/share/doc > and /usr/local/share/examples - available locally. > my take of the idea of man pages is simple: they serve as a concise summary of a program you already know. maybe you've forgotten a 'w' flag or switch. otherwise, a number of examples are worth ten thousand words. ----the gotcha is that examples take a lot of skill... . and, yes, the better programs with man pages do have examples! .... gary > > > > -- > Polytropon > >From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php
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