From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id bc664f9a for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:31:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 47BE3A2728; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:31:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AB72A26DC; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:31:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C04F9A26DC; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:31:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.zmail.com (smtp01.zmail.com [82.165.227.142]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CE9B93FC6 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:31:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from india-live-spam04.icom.lan (india-live-spam04.icom.lan [10.72.59.44]) by smtp.zmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA27C3010E0 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by india-live-spam04.icom.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7B0D1000B6 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.zmail.com ([10.72.59.196]) by localhost (india-live-spam04.icom.lan [10.72.59.40]) (amavisd-new, port 20025) with ESMTP id 0az_42xa3o5M for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from india-live-be03.icom.lan (india-live-be03.icom.lan [10.72.59.33]) by smtp.zmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C0E1A06C5; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:31:11 +0000 (UTC) To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society , ralph@inputplus.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20181117233832.9E28A215C0@orac.inputplus.co.uk> References: <26292231.693.1542401951390.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil>, <20181117233832.9E28A215C0@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1684725999.70092.1542501071189.JavaMail.tomcat@india-live-be03> X-Origin-Reference: 9138_SU5CT1g=_PDIwMTgxMTE3MjMzODMyLjlFMjhBMjE1QzBAb3JhYy5pbnB1dHBsdXMuY28udWs+_REPLY X-Origin: Ralph Corderoy X-Origin-Recipient: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Origin-Received: 17 Nov 2018 23:39:45 +0000 (+00:00) X-Origin-Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style X-Priority: 3 From: Donald ODona X-Mailer: zMail Mailer (beta) Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" At 17 Nov 2018 23:39:45 +0000 (+00:00) from Ralph Corderoy : > > From somewhere that didn't fit in well with Unix. its based on TekInfo, whereas 'Tek' allegedly refers to the anachronistic Tape Editor and Corrector, developed by a student (Dan Murphy) in 1964 on a PDP-1 without a operation system. According to the myth TekInfo was build on top of the Tape Editor, and finally made it on *NIX. 'Info' really doesn't fit in well with Unix. Its alien and another failed approach. Almost all 'GNU' man pages state, that the 'full' documentation is only available via 'info'. In real 99% of all 'info' requests result in 'info' processing a man page. Thus its redundant and should be removed from all *NIX systems. Even in emacs some progressive developers recommend to replace 'info' by html or something else modern.