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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