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Subject: Re: [9front] Argument lists in Plan 9 man pages
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2018, at 1:23 PM, hiro wrote:
> > Manpages are supposed to be 'reference' pages.
>=20
> Wrong.

I hereby propose the addition of 'ref tables' to provide references on how =
to use commands. Looking up a command's 'ref table' is easy, simply type 'r=
ef ' followed by the name of the command. For example:
    ref -s =CE=B4 ref

Or, just plumb a string such as this:
    ref=C2=BB=CE=B4=C2=AB


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