From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 08:04:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04F5137B401; Mon, 19 May 2003 08:04:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from franky.speednet.com.au (franky.speednet.com.au [203.57.65.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A196A43F85; Mon, 19 May 2003 08:04:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [203.38.96.242])h4JF4LwP049334; Tue, 20 May 2003 01:04:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [172.22.2.1])h4JF4HYm096686; Tue, 20 May 2003 01:04:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 01:04:17 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-X-Sender: andyf@hewey.af.speednet.com.au To: "Daniel C. Sobral" In-Reply-To: <3EC8EFFD.1060702@tcoip.com.br> Message-ID: <20030520005615.J93323-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) oddity - was: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:04:25 -0000 On Mon, 19 May 2003, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > Andy Farkas wrote: > > > > Arrghh. Why you not believe me when I have proved the user experience is > > different between 4.x and 5.x ????? > > He isn't denying that. He's just claiming these 10 seconds are not a > result of the man page being catpaged. Or, in other words, that the > "Formatting page, please wait..." message is *not* there because of > those 10 seconds wait, but for something else that actually takes no > time at all. I am just trying to say that a (normal) users' experience is differnet between 4.x and 5.x. That is all. > I do have a question... on these examples, does the cat page exist or > not, for each? And what happens in the other case (ie, if the cat page > does not exist in these examples, what happens when it does exist)? No catpage exists for any of the following: > > Facts: > > > > 1. A Normal user on a 4.x box types `man ppp` and is instantly told > > "Formatting page, please wait..." and then 10 seconds later is presented > > with the man page. > > > > 2. A Super user on a 4.x box types `man ppp` and is instantly told > > "Formatting page, please wait..." and then 10 seconds later is presented > > with the man page. > > > > > > 3. A Normal user on a 5.x box types `man ppp` and NOTHING HAPPENS until 10 > > seconds later when the man page is presented. > > > > 4. a Super user on a 5.x box types `man ppp` and is instantly told > > "Formatting page, please wait..." and then 10 seconds later is presented > > with the man page. > > > > > > Please study hard 1. and 3. > -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/