Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 03:35:42 +1100 From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> To: freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0-970124-SNAP: man page search order Message-ID: <19970210033542.33207@usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970209163047.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Feb 02, 1997 at 04:30:47PM References: <Mutt.19970209121157.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> <10128.855488661@critter.dk.tfs.com> <Mutt.19970209145536.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> <19970209153631.SO02083@keltia.freenix.fr> <Mutt.19970209163047.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Feb 02, 1997 at 04:30:47PM, J Wunsch wrote: > Get me right, i'm a great fan of Perl, but i haven't been able > to make any use out of the Perl5 man page yet, much unlike the > Perl4 one. Agreed. OTOH, I do use the .html pages, and often, and almost always to look up a function in the perlfunc page. Which is why I think.. > Maybe Poul's idea isn't too bad, to split the Perl manual by > functions, and drop them into a separate section. ..this is even better. I wouldn't even mind having to specify a section. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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