On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 11:43:38AM -0800, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On 1/11/08, Jason McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i think the issue is that having MLINKs for a particular shell is
> > not the correct fix. a better solution, as i see it, is to encourage
> > users to read the man page for the shell they're using, and to use
> > commands such as "whence" to find out what exactly they're executing,
> > and man/locate to find stuff.
> 
> some systems have a page for all the builtins, which basically says
> "jobs is a shell builtin.  refer to the appropriate manual."

yeah, we could do that. but i think it amounts to the same as having an
MLINK to a shell page. we would end up with more pages too (providing
MLINKS for all builtins).

jmc

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