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=-0.8 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 2e487f9f for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:21:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 244F1A1B20; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:21:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9B1A1AFD; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:21:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 86BFAA1AFD; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:20:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.zmail.com (smtp02.zmail.com [82.165.227.143]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26831A1AFC for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:20:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from india-live-spam02.icom.lan (india-live-spam02.icom.lan [10.72.59.42]) by smtp.zmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19241A0555 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by india-live-spam02.icom.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEFAE7E0F4C for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.zmail.com ([10.72.59.196]) by localhost (india-live-spam02.icom.lan [10.72.59.40]) (amavisd-new, port 20025) with ESMTP id cHDzzkMpGhp6 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from india-live-be04.icom.lan (india-live-be04.icom.lan [10.72.59.36]) by smtp.zmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4FB1A054D for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:57 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:57 +0000 (UTC) To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: <412092435.71876.1542633657282.JavaMail.tomcat@india-live-be04> In-Reply-To: <20181119130854.cB3nR%steffen@sdaoden.eu> References: <201811160003.wAG03mlF139232@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20181116045016.GK3341@mcvoy.com> <7a632484-cdc7-7c59-7077-7a2c752045da@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <4c36b2b2-76df-435f-27bc-e1feb0647f36@case.edu> <201811162113.wAGLDGiQ031455@darkstar.fourwinds.com> , <20181119130854.cB3nR%steffen@sdaoden.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Origin-Reference: 1_VHJhc2g=_PDIwMTgxMTE5MTMwODU0LmNCM25SJXN0ZWZmZW5Ac2Rhb2Rlbi5ldT4=_REPLY X-Origin: Steffen Nurpmeso X-Origin-Recipient: Chet Ramey X-Origin-Received: 19 Nov 2018 13:09:35 +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 19 Nov 2018 03:11:00 +0000 (+00:00) from Chet Ramey : > > The man page for bash includes everything. The info manual includes more > examples. I think other authors should follow that model, but I'm not going > to tell a volunteer what he has to do, and I understand how difficult it is > to maintain parallel content. 'info' is technologically spoken 'superior'. However replacing 'info' by html, what someone recommended for 'emacs'(sic!), is even more superior. However superior isn't really of great importance. nroff is good enough, its used by millions of *NIX users since more than 40 years, whereas 'info' is only used by a small sect. Hence, I recommend to stop using 'info' at all, avoiding the maintenance of parallel and unused contents.