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On Nov 29, 2022, at 10:17 AM, Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net> wrote:
>=20
> I submit as my actual argument that having documentation containing
> examples which, when copied and pasted into the primary UI of the
> project, do not work, is bad form.  People read man pages to learn how
> to use shit, not to get a sense of the general aesthetic of a given
> command were we to run it on v7 Unix.  The shit we say should work
> should work. =20

the fact that both examples do indeed work in all known environments is an i=
mportant point, and i agree with the above as well.

i rescind my objection.

sl=