Hi James, this tool is not a replacement for "man", being able to show a man page is just a secondary feature.
The main feature is to show examples of command usage that are embedded in Sun's documentation. That is, it extracts and shows you actual use cases of a given commandline program, not just any place where the command name is mentioned in the text. You can search these examples by the command name and refine it by providing the options that you know. Whether you read a book in your living room, browse documentation on docs.sun.com, Google happily along, or use the command assistant, neither one reflects your PATH settings and nobody seriously expects it. best regards Christof James Carlson wrote: > chenpu writes: >> You are right, it will be better to show gnu related documents if user's >> MANPATH is set to /usr/gnu/share/man. We will implement this feature in >> client app. > > The current /usr/bin/man command has better functionality than that: > the user doesn't even have to set the MANPATH variable; it > automatically constructs the correct man page path from the PATH > variable. Thus, using this GUI will present a functional regression > from the command line. > > In any event, this fast-track has been derailed. Please place any > additional concerns into the 'issues' file in the case directory, and > when it comes up for review, be prepared to discuss them. >
