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Date:      Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:17:06 -0500
From:      Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To:        Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 'rtfm' script
Message-ID:  <19990705171705.E97224@holly.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907051440410.277-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>; from Alex Zepeda on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 02:42:06PM -0700
References:  <19990705051156.B97224@holly.dyndns.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907051440410.277-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>

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On Mon, Jul 5, 1999, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> >    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.

   It'll probably have a lot of changes in the actual interface
if people accept it as useful or not.  I may have 'simple'
(default to don't search 3, 4, and 9) on as default.

-- 
Chris Costello                                <chris@calldei.com>
The computer is mightier than the pen, the sword, and usually, the programmer.


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