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Date:      Sat, 8 Aug 2009 23:47:10 -1000
From:      Parv <parv@pair.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Availability & quality of manual pages (was Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman))
Message-ID:  <20090809094710.GA1703@holstein.holy.cow>
In-Reply-To: <20090808195518.7eb8e5ee.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20090806120011.8528A106567E@hub.freebsd.org> <182370.92452.qm@web65511.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <20090808164600.GA11570@kokopelli.hydra> <20090808195518.7eb8e5ee.freebsd@edvax.de>

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in message <20090808195518.7eb8e5ee.freebsd@edvax.de>,
wrote Polytropon thusly...
>
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 10:46:00 -0600, Chad Perrin
> <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, I hate that stuff.

(referring to loathsome info pages.)


> > The GNU project is kind of like the Microsoft of the open source
> > community, that way.
>
> Be happy that there at least is an info manual. In many cases,
> there is NO local documentation, neither in man or info format.
...
> Fortunately, there are even "GUI only" projects that keep up with
> the good manpage tradition. Have you ever tried "man opera"
...

Hot Diggity! I never thought of Opera having a man page.  Thanks
much.

Dang it! Firefox does not have one.


  - Parv

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