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| From | Unknown <dog@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.slackware, alt.os.linux.debian |
| Subject | Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? |
| Date | 2015-01-07 12:09 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pan.2015.01.07.12.16.54@gmail.com> (permalink) |
| References | <m8cd8c$di7$1@dont-email.me> <m8cga0$oqg$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:54:15 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: > not.socialnetwork@gmail.com writes: > >> For how many more years are we going to tolerate the burden of >> accomodating the whims of the ART students? >> >> The need to read masses of `man *` which are contaminated by the NOISE >> of eg: >> "..The default quali- >> fier is trace.... > > Rant makes no sense. > > You can use any formatter you like for man pages, including troff which > is capable of rendering tables with real borders, proportional justified > fonts, multiple font sizes, bold, italic, > and line drawings. > > I use Emacs (M-x man), and get nicely formatted, easily searchable > pages. No! The lowest-common-denominator: ie. man <ID>; should give plain-text WITHOUT broken-words to "get nicely formatted" for the <ladies fashion magazine> type. Emacs is an EXTRA-layer. And the ballet dancers who want extra-extra can have music and lavender scent too. If you're navigating in difficult conditions, and quickly need info, being forced to access Emacs, is like needing a governmenbt application to scratch your ear. First of all get the minimal/basics right!
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Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? not.socialnetwork@gmail.com - 2015-01-04 22:01 +0000
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? "John K. Herreshoff" <Nope@not.here> - 2015-01-04 17:15 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-01-04 20:46 -0800
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-01-04 17:54 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-01-07 12:09 +0000
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-01-07 09:08 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-01-07 12:21 +0000
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-01-07 09:19 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-01-09 09:49 +0000
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca> - 2015-01-08 04:33 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2015-01-08 09:07 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-01-09 07:35 +0000
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-01-09 20:49 +0000
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca> - 2015-01-15 23:51 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-01-04 23:05 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2015-01-05 15:31 -0500
Re: Why don't the engineers just shoot the ballet-dancers? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-01-09 04:39 +0000
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