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Chris Rees utisoft at googlemail.com
Thu Jun 4 16:20:46 UTC 2009


2009/6/4 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>:
> Polytropon wrote:
>> It should be "The FreeBSD project uses man pages [...]" - not "still",
>> which reads like "The FreeBSD project still uses those old
>> fashioned man pages, but will abandon them soon in favour of
>> a GUI-driven help system that is used via Internet." :-)
>
> are you sure it won't? at least i wish so, as most "old fashioned" software
> solutions are best.
>
>> Returning to the manpages,
>
> putting it simply it works properly here.
>
>

Er, yeah, i think man pages are the best solution too, and I apologise
for appearing to look down on them. I can't *stand* info manuals,
they're clunky and bloated.

Also, I meant principal form, not principle. Sorry!

Chris

PS Does _anyone_ prefer info manuals, apart from Stallman?

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