Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 03:00:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Oliver Fischer" <plexus@snafu.de> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/37667: FreeBSD Hypertext Man Pages have problems with tailing spaces Message-ID: <200205041000.g44A07q91990@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/37667; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Oliver Fischer" <plexus@snafu.de> To: "Dima Dorfman" <dima@trit.org> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/37667: FreeBSD Hypertext Man Pages have problems with tailing spaces Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 11:59:01 +0200 Hm, I used the quotes only to show the space after the keyword. If I enter >>man route << I will show me the man page independend of the number of blanks. I think it want be much work to remove the tailing white spaces. Bye Oliver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dima Dorfman" <dima@trit.org> To: "Oliver Fischer" <plexus@snafu.de> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:03 AM Subject: Re: docs/37667: FreeBSD Hypertext Man Pages have problems with tailing spaces > Oliver Fischer <plexus@snafu.de> wrote: > > >Description: > > If you enter a search term under > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi like "route", it will display > > the man page for route. If you enter "route ", it will find nothing. :-( > > I don't think this is really a bug. man(1) does the same thing: > > dima@spike% man 'route ' > No manual entry for route > > I don't really see any reason for ignoring trailing whitespace, but if > we do, we should do it everywhere, not just on the web site. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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