21 Sep
2017
21 Sep
'17
11:33 p.m.
Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon(a)orthanc.ca> wrote:
I think it's a shame that the non-man-page parts of the Unix documentation
set have been neglected, in that you don't often get newer programs
following the style of the USD / SMM / PSD guides.
Tony.
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On Sep 19,
2017, at 4:35 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso(a)mit.edu> wrote:
If you take a look at how perl handles its man pages, with 188 man
pages in section 1:
... you quickly recognize the difference between a manpage (i.e.
reference page) and a user manual.