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Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

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On Mon 21 Jun 2021 at 15:25:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 06/21/2021 02:36 PM, Curt wrote:
> > On 2021-06-21, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > > > Many see the need for examples to be associated with man pages.
> > > [...]
> > > > Would it be proper/reasonable/practical/??? to add an entry of the form
> > > > https://cht.sh/XXX ?
> > > 
> > > I think it can make sense for manpages to include a link to some further
> > > doc in the form of a wiki or some other webpage, but I often enough find
> > > myself using `man` while trying to fix a system's network or X11/Wayland
> > > config, which makes it either impossible to access the Internet at that
> > > moment, or painful to browse a webpage.
> > 
> >   curl https://cht.sh/:cht.sh > ~/bin/cht.sh
> >   chmod +x ~/bin/cht.sh
> >   cht.sh --standalone-install
> > 
> 
> I don't understand what those 3 lines are attempting to do.
> What should I be reading?

curl(1)
bash(1) (Redirection)
chmod(1)
less ~/bin/cht.sh

-- 
Brian.

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A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-21 17:30 +0200
  Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-21 17:50 +0200
  Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-06-21 18:20 +0200
    Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-21 22:00 +0200
      Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-21 22:30 +0200
        Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-06-22 01:00 +0200
          Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-22 03:10 +0200
            Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-22 09:50 +0200
              Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-22 13:00 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-22 14:10 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-22 14:40 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-22 15:20 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-22 15:50 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-06-22 16:40 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-22 16:30 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-06-22 18:20 +0200
              Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-06-22 18:20 +0200
                Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-06-23 13:20 +0200
              Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-23 21:40 +0200
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    Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-21 20:30 +0200
  Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2021-06-21 20:50 +0200

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