> I think that the cause may be the fact that a same man page for two
> different user commands is very unusual. Having two different man
> pages (possibly generated from the same source) would be better,
> IMHO.
You're free to submit a patch.
Michael
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On 2016-03-15 19:43:12 +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 07:48:14PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > According to the synopsis, "ncal -ej" is invalid because the option -e
> > is listed only in the second ncal line while the option -j is listed
> > only in the first ncal line.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 07:48:14PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I see that there have been various fixes, but the DESCRIPTION section
> says:
>
> -N Switch to ncal mode.
>
> while this option is no longer listed anywhere in the synopsis. It
> seems that it has been removed, so that i
On 2016-03-13 18:33:19 +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > > > The synopsis in a man page is not meant to list all options.
> > > Written down somewhere, or just your opinion?
> > From what I can see on other man pages (e.g., find, cp, mkdir).
>
> Na, not at all. All of these make it explicitly clear
> > > The synopsis in a man page is not meant to list all options.
> > Written down somewhere, or just your opinion?
> From what I can see on other man pages (e.g., find, cp, mkdir).
Na, not at all. All of these make it explicitly clear that they do not
list all options, or better, just list the m
On 2016-03-12 12:53:37 +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:52:57AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > The synopsis in a man page is not meant to list all options.
>
> Written down somewhere, or just your opinion?
>From what I can see on other man pages (e.g., find, cp, mkdir)
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:52:57AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Control: reopen -1
> Control: retitle -1 bsdmainutils: incomplete cal(1) man page
Seriously? I don't really like bts ping pong.
> The synopsis in a man page is not meant to list all options.
Written down somewhere, or just your o
Control: reopen -1
Control: retitle -1 bsdmainutils: incomplete cal(1) man page
On 2016-03-12 11:01:46 +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 04:32:11AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > According to the cal(1) man page:
> >
> > -M Weeks start on Monday.
> >
> > -S
Package: bsdmainutils
Version: 9.0.6+b1
Severity: normal
According to the cal(1) man page:
-M Weeks start on Monday.
-S Weeks start on Sunday.
But:
zira% cal -M
Usage: cal [general options] [-hjy] [[month] year]
cal [general options] [-hj] [-m month] [year]
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