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Date:      Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:50:35 +0200
From:      "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: better man pages [was: beginners with bsd]
Message-ID:  <20001105095035.2114.qmail@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20001105130350.A7864@welearn.com.au>; from sue@welearn.com.au on Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 01:03:52PM %2B1100
References:  <000a01c043c3$942af1e0$1d24fc3e@knapp> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011010047360.691-100000@sherman.spotnet> <20001102093329.B14637@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001103003014.D4698@hades.hell.gr> <3A01F6D9.6320A0E5@acuson.com> <20001102170242.A14016@athena.sea.tera.com> <20001105130350.A7864@welearn.com.au>

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On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 01:03:52PM +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> 
> I've seen people read a man page on a FreeBSD system in order to
> understand the corresponding man page on another system.
> We also have man pages (like forward(5)) that other systems lack.

Or a different manpage for each driver in the kernel, like ed(4), xl(4), etc.
which I've slowly but with a constant pace come to depend upon, and look
desperately for them in other systems.  Ah well, I think I'm stuck with
FreeBSD for the rest of my days... :)

-- 
Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr >


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