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Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way

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"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>The ffmpeg man page is the perfect example of why man pages are horrible 
>as documentation of a program.

  Ffmpeg is just huge and super complex, like an operating system
  or a programming language. Many options would need their own man
  page. A good ffmpeg tutorial would have, like, 1000 pages. Who's
  gonne write it? How does this person make up for his costs? And
  who's going to update it when the next version of ffmpeg comes out?

  But when you want to do something specific with ffmpeg, either a
  web search engine or an AI chatbot will often help you . . .

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My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-12 23:20 +0000
  Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-12 23:51 +0000
    Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-13 11:01 +0000
      Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-13 20:05 +0000
  Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-11-13 08:29 -0500
    Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-11-13 14:46 +0000
      Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-11-13 11:35 -0500
  Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-13 14:56 +0100
    Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-11-13 14:54 +0000
      Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-13 23:14 +0100
    Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-13 20:03 +0000
      Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-11-13 20:12 +0000
        Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-13 22:23 +0100
          Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-15 07:25 +1000
            Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-14 22:58 +0100
              Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-14 22:12 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-15 00:00 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-14 23:27 +0000
                fmpeg drift (1) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:29 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:39 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 03:00 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 02:33 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 15:03 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 21:25 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-17 12:48 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 01:00 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (1) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-18 07:22 +0100
                fmpeg drift (2) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:34 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-16 13:34 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 15:19 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) - solved? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 23:56 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) - solved? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-17 00:49 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) - solved? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-17 03:17 +0100
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) - solved? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-17 02:39 +0000
                Re: fmpeg drift (2) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 21:21 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-11-15 09:50 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-15 22:09 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:00 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:32 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 03:01 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 02:33 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 23:09 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-16 22:41 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-16 22:45 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-11-16 11:32 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-16 00:26 +0100
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-15 02:35 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-15 02:37 +0000
            Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-15 02:33 +0000
              Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-16 07:31 +1000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-15 22:08 +0000
                Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-17 07:00 +1000
  Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-11-13 18:50 +0000
    Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-13 19:20 +0000
      Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-13 20:12 +0000
        Re: My 2 favorite tools for reading Linux manual pages the easy way Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-13 23:32 +0000

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