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

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Andy Farkas wrote:
> 
> Arrghh. Why you not believe me when I have proved the user experience is
> different between 4.x and 5.x ?????

He isn't denying that. He's just claiming these 10 seconds are not a 
result of the man page being catpaged. Or, in other words, that the 
"Formatting page, please wait..." message is *not* there because of 
those 10 seconds wait, but for something else that actually takes no 
time at all.

I do have a question... on these examples, does the cat page exist or 
not, for each? And what happens in the other case (ie, if the cat page 
does not exist in these examples, what happens when it does exist)?

> 
> Facts:
> 
> 1. A Normal user on a 4.x box types `man ppp` and is instantly told
> "Formatting page, please wait..." and then 10 seconds later is presented
> with the man page.
> 
> 2. A Super user on a 4.x box types `man ppp` and is instantly told
> "Formatting page, please wait..." and then 10 seconds later is presented
> with the man page.
> 
> 
> 3. A Normal user on a 5.x box types `man ppp` and NOTHING HAPPENS until 10
> seconds later when the man page is presented.
> 
> 4. a Super user on a 5.x box types `man ppp` and is instantly told
> "Formatting page, please wait..." and then 10 seconds later is presented
> with the man page.
> 
> 
> Please study hard 1. and 3.


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