Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 07:08:42 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, ache@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing 'man' to check alternate destination for 'cat' pages Message-ID: <20011214070842.C31192@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20011214112255.L3448@monorchid.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:22:55AM %2B1030 References: <20011212001610.9AEA739EA@overcee.netplex.com.au> <p0510100bb83ddfa9e683@[128.113.24.47]> <20011214112255.L3448@monorchid.lemis.com>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:22:55AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> If you're going to overhaul man, there's probably quite a bit you
> could do beyond the paths. =20
Making
% man _path_/foo.1
work (e.g., "man ./foo.1") would probably be beneficial. I've lost
count of the number of times I've had to explain how to use "nroff -man
=2E.." (or -mdoc) to people.
N
--=20
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/
FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/
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