On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 05:28:28PM +0200, szonyi calin wrote:
> Welcome to *nix
Well, thanks for the nice welcome.
> I think the man page should remain as it is.
> The man page format is standard.
> Man page _is_ a reference. Man page _is not_ a
> tutorial. Will never be.
I was making a benevolent suggestion, what i thought would/could
help some people.
It was not about any kind of tutorial, but only about putting
a piece of information (that is already in the manual) somewhere
at the begining, where people reading the man the first time can
easily spot it.
I was also not suggesting to change the (holy) Format either.
But i can't fail to note here, that the standard does not seem to be
that very strictly defined - see man of man:
" A manual page consists of several parts.
They may be labelled NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, FILES,
SEE ALSO, BUGS, and AUTHOR."
Please note: MAY be labelled.
So i don't really understand your rather harsh tone.
Could you explain?
> If you are impatient and newbie in the same time
> the chances of screwing things up are big
The "To the Impatient" was meant to have a pinch of
irony/humor. Well, it seems i could not bring it
through - sorry about that.
best
imre
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Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 16:16:56 BST