man(1) oddity - was: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages...

[Andy Farkas]

On Mon, 19 May 2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:21:58PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> >
> > Please realise what I've been trying to tell you: there is a difference in
> > the user experience when one types `man ppp` on a 4.8 box and when one
> > types `man ppp` on a 5.1-B box.  On a 4.8 box the user types `man ppp`,
> > gets a message, then waits around 10 seconds for the page to display. On a
> > 5.1-B box the user types `man ppp` and DOES NOT GET A MESSAGE BUT HAS TO
> > WAIT 10 SECONDS before the page is displayed.
> >
> You got an explanation.

I still can't understand why you don't understand me, but I will shut up
now. I guess being a user on a slow box doesn't matter anymore.

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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/