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From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:18:12AM -0600, David Fleck wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Aaron Peterson wrote:
> > and of course the manual pages that install with each of the some 10000
> > add on programs.  "man <program name>"
> 
> ...with *each* of them?  Ah, if only that were true..
> dcf>$ man aspell
> No manual entry for aspell

- All of the apps of the FreeBSD system have one or more man pages.

The FreeBSD can not be held responcible for missing man pages for thirth
partie software.

- Most apps out the port system have one or more pages.
- Some apps have there own websites with information. The URL is in the
  port directory; or in the google database.
- Some apps have documentation ins /usr/local/share/doc/<app>

You'll have to make do with what you can find. That just the way it is,
sorry.

-- 
Alex

Articles based on solutions that I use:
http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/