> Idea from the VSE world: IESMSGS & Explain function. Part of the VSE systems > itself, but each vendor has the ability to add to the IESMSGS file, if they > follow the rules for message format and use the utility functions for adding > message. > > In the Linux world, doesn't the MAN function perform the same role? Isn't > there a means of adding to the file that MAN accesses? Shouldn't the various > vendors be able to provide, as part of their install process, the procedure > to meger their MAN updates into the central MAN respository? >
there are well-defined places for man pages (note, lower case; MAN isn't the same). Take a look in /usr/share/man/ for starters; anything put in there is found by the man command. All that prevents Linux coders from creating the messages and codes document is lack of inclination and/or a standard to say they ought. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition.
