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Re: (Getting rid of) man pages
- To: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
- Subject: Re: (Getting rid of) man pages
- From: Keith Duthie <psycho at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 05:22:24 +1200 (NZST)
- cc: CaT <cat at zip dot com dot au>, Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
On 22 Apr 1999, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Apr 22, 1999, CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
>
> > html would be just as bad. :/
>
> What's wrong with lynx? :-)
The latest version seems to mess up the terminal fonts (I've probably
misconfigured it). Other than that, nothing.
> > What IS ionvolved in maintaining the man pages btw?
>
> Your sending legal papers to the FSF to become their official
> maintainer? :-D
Which is probably one of the main reasons why nobody has stepped forward.
Perhaps someone could write a script to automagically convert the info
files to man pages.
I'm not entirely sure why the FSF wants to get rid of man pages in favour
of info files, but I for one turn to info only as a last resort, whereas I
turn to man as a first resort.
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