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A move away from having man pages isn't necessarily a thing to be celebrated - a well-written man page is an extremely useful thing. In the ideal case, you mig
by akl 13y ago
A move away from having man pages isn't necessarily a thing to be celebrated - a well-written man page is an extremely useful thing.
In the ideal case, you might have a quality man page that provides usage information and links to more detailed documentation (that would include tutorials, implementation info, etc.) on the web somewhere.
- jackinloadup 13y agoI've always thought tmux had a great man page. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tmux&sektion=1 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tmux&sektion=1
- nakkiel 13y agoI suppose the internet generation never really took the time to read man pages (nor to write one for that matter).
- jlgaddis 13y agoThat's too bad. When I was getting started, the best documentation available to me was the man pages (this was before I had an "always-on" broadband connection) and TLDP's "Linux HOWTO's". I printed many of them and took them with me to high school to study in class. It's great that we have blogs and such nowadays where anyone and everyone can contribute their own documentation, guides, tutorials, etc., but there was something awesome about having a single, centralized, authoritative HOWTO covering a particular topic.
- smutticus 13y agoI pick distros based on how nice the man pages are. It's one reason I love the BSDs.
- jahitr 13y agoOh man. OpenBSD's man pages. Whoever was the author. He was the best man page writer.
- ams6110 13y agoI have gotten so used to just googling for information that when I'm working on OpenBSD I have to consciously remind myself that the best, most useful, and authoritative references are already installed locally. And all ad- and tracking-free.