From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 5 14:42:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (pm3-28.ppp.wenet.net [206.15.85.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7AFF1514F for ; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:42:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA15510; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:42:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) X-Authentication-Warning: zippy.dyn.ml.org: garbanzo owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:42:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda To: Chris Costello Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'rtfm' script In-Reply-To: <19990705051156.B97224@holly.dyndns.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I propose an rtfm(1) command, and I've got some Perl code that > works. If people are interested, I will continue with it, and > write a man page. [...] > (-s = simple, don't search sections 3, 4, or 9, and 'e' means > 'exact', or 'use whatis instead of apropos') If rtfm(1) is really for newbies and other clueless people, perhaps it should be made interactive. I mean, this whole idea sounds like it's geared towards people who wouldn't know what sections 3, 4, or 9 are. - alex I thought felt your touch In my car, on my clutch But I guess it's just someone who felt a lot like I remember you. - Translator To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message