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 -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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