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From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Internal navigation in the online manual
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 12:31:21 +0100
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On 2026-10-31 23:41, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:
>> On 2026-10-31 11:49, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>> On 2026-10-31, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>> Talking of manuals, I find large man pages very difficult to use,
>>>> specially when you need something specific. No clickable table of
>>>> content, no clickable index. Info pages are somewhat better.
>>>
>>> Isn't that more about the viewer using to read the manual pages, than
>>> a flaw of the online manual in itself?
>>
>> No, man pages do not contain links to section of the document. It is
>> not structured.
> 
> Nuno is right; a viewer can include links. For an example see man7.org.

Maybe the viewer can, but the man files don't.


There is the tool "pinfo", it can highlight somethings like the name of 
another man page, and jump to it.

Still, no table of content. No jumping from one section while browsing 
the man page.

See man man page, for example.

SYNOPSIS
        man [man options] [[section] page ...] ...
        man -k [apropos options] regexp ...
        man -K [man options] [section] term ...
        man -f [whatis options] page ...
        man -l [man options] file ...
        man -w|-W [man options] page ...

I can not click or tap on the third line to explain to me about "man -K"

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.