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| From | JohnT <john@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.unix.programmer |
| Subject | Re: How to write a UNIX man page |
| Date | 2011-06-02 08:11 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <is7gjp$8iu$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <97dc4380-6f30-4f16-b3c6-10a7492c1093@e21g2000vbz.googlegroups.com> |
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:51:58 -0700, Mark R. Bannister wrote: > I realise that with GNU 'info' a lot of developers become, dare I say > it, quite lazy when it comes to providing a well written man page - and > some argue they're not needed at all. But I find, in the products that I > develop, that man pages are used more often for quick reference, and > therefore the quality and usability of a product can be improved by > providing well written man pages. Great - I'm all for encouraging people to write man pages! I find 'info' completely confusing - and I'm a regular emacs user. If I find one of those useless gnu man pages that say refer to info page, then my next step is google. Regards JohnT
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How to write a UNIX man page "Mark R. Bannister" <chapter34@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-02 00:51 -0700
Re: How to write a UNIX man page JohnT <john@example.com> - 2011-06-02 08:11 +0000
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-04 12:53 -0700
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-06-02 12:47 +0100
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Bjarni Juliusson <bjarni@update.uu.se> - 2011-06-04 20:42 +0200
Re: How to write a UNIX man page "Ersek, Laszlo" <lacos@caesar.elte.hu> - 2011-06-05 08:45 +0200
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Ben Finney <ben+unix@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-02 22:41 +1000
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Marco Parrone <marco@marcoparrone.com> - 2011-06-02 15:34 +0200
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-06-02 18:02 +0000
Re: How to write a UNIX man page Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2011-06-02 23:32 -0400
Re: How to write a UNIX man page scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2011-06-03 15:56 +0000
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