On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:27:54PM -0000, Paul wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:13:29PM > > a friend telling me that if a man page > > made no sense to me, go to the FreeBSD site and read theirs. > > If they were really your friend they'd have told you that man pages are by > and large just left for historical posterity and you should be using info > docs. Although some applications try to maintain actual useful man pages. I > guess the inconsistency is a bit confusing. >
Why would they tell me that when the BSD man pages are so much better than the info docs, written more clearly, making it far easier to find examples, and the like? http://xkcd.com/912/ -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: Cool! Crossbow! Check out these babies. Goodbye stakes, hello flying fatality. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
