Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:52:30 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) oddity - was: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages... Message-ID: <20030519224847.L93323-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030519124329.GC28176@sunbay.com>
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On Mon, 19 May 2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:21:58PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> >
> > Please realise what I've been trying to tell you: there is a difference in
> > the user experience when one types `man ppp` on a 4.8 box and when one
> > types `man ppp` on a 5.1-B box. On a 4.8 box the user types `man ppp`,
> > gets a message, then waits around 10 seconds for the page to display. On a
> > 5.1-B box the user types `man ppp` and DOES NOT GET A MESSAGE BUT HAS TO
> > WAIT 10 SECONDS before the page is displayed.
> >
> You got an explanation.
I still can't understand why you don't understand me, but I will shut up
now. I guess being a user on a slow box doesn't matter anymore.
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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au
Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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