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Re: (Getting rid of) man pages
- To: Keith Duthie <psycho at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Subject: Re: (Getting rid of) man pages
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 22 Apr 1999 14:29:12 -0300
- 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
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9904230515510.766-100000@loki.wibble.prv>
On Apr 22, 1999, Keith Duthie <psycho@albatross.co.nz> wrote:
> 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.
That's interesting... I usually run `info' to read man-pages :-)
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