Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:09:26 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is the info viewer? Message-ID: <20190911160926.5b3549c3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <44ftl3hrdf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20190910070033.GA29721@admin.sibptus.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1909102030500.59741@fledge.watson.org> <20190911041439.9ba45e18.freebsd@edvax.de> <10971217-3072-cfee-785d-3748e9879a2f@gmail.com> <20190911110708.95a9b3f8.freebsd@edvax.de> <44ftl3hrdf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:52:44 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > > > On a fresh install of FreeBSD 12.0 amd64, I installed something via pkg, > > and then used "man <something>", which complained that I need to install > > groff. I did that - and the manpage could be read. I'm just mentioning > > this because I've never seen this before... > > Historically, man(1) was essentially "nroff -man" under the covers. Older FreeBSD versions came with /usr/bin/groff - similar problem as with info, except that _some_ manpages were available without installing 3rd party software (probably already processed and rendered, and in that form part of the default installation). I've also been using groff to turn man entries into PDF files. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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