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Date:      Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:52:27 -0500
From:      Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com>
To:        swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/36453: [PATCH] compress(1)
Message-ID:  <20020402195227.54dd8f09.darklogik@pittgoth.com>
In-Reply-To: <b9vgb97kmx.gb9@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <200204020350.g323o3q47913@freefall.freebsd.org> <b9vgb97kmx.gb9@localhost.localdomain>

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On 02 Apr 2002 15:20:38 -0800
swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote:

> <trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> 
> >   .Nm compress ,
> >  -.Nm uncompress ,
> 
> I doubt if anybody intended for "uncompress" to disappear.
> 
> >   .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
> >  -.Ex -std compress uncompress zcat
> >  +.Ex -std compress uncompress
> 
> Nifty macro there.
> 
> >   .Sh SEE ALSO
> >  +.Xr zcat 1 ,
> >  +.Xr gunzip 1 ,
> >  +.Xr gzip 1 ,
> >  +.Xr zmore 1 ,
> >  +.Xr znew 1 ,
> >  +.Xr gzexe 1
> 
> You'll take care of adding compress(1) and uncompress(1) to all
> those manuals?  Ha Ha.  (I really don't care, as I have not yet
> determined what "See Also" should list.  It seems good that they
> have helpful info(you just showed me three unfamiliar commands), but
> I also think that the "fvwm2" manual shouldn't make room (even in
> it's 6300 pages) to list all or some or even any other window
> managers.)
> 

LOL, ok, PERHAPS I did get a little anxious on this one ;)  Ok, hows
this, we fix the main problem (about zcat) and maybe just add gzip to
the SEE ALSO section.  Then if anyone thinks we should add more, we
can.

Deal?

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