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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:30:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   HTML or man pages? (was: cvs commit: src/contrib/ntp FREEBSD-upgrade)
Message-ID:  <199912101630.LAA65111@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19991209214811.K439@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
References:  <199912091313.FAA65601@freefall.freebsd.org> <199912091530.KAA54512@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <19991209214811.K439@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>

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<<On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 21:48:11 -0500, Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> said:

> Wouldn't a tool to convert html to catman be a better expenditure of
> effort?

No.  That's not the same as having a real man page.  Man pages have a
specific form and style which is designed for quick reference.  It's
bad enough that we have lots of old pages formatted with -man macros
that don't even come close to standard.

-GAWollman

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