On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:23:14AM -0500, Scott Cheloha wrote:
> 
> > On Apr 23, 2017, at 2:44 AM, Jason McIntyre <j...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > 
> > [...] but note that all this text is doing is giving an example of a
> > window manager and, as such, it's not wrong.
> 
> My thinking is that preventing stuff like
> 
>       $ man xdm
>       man: No entry for xdm in the manual.
> 
> where possible is probably a good thing.
> 
> Given the choice, why not reference the thing documented within the system?
> Especially when it's a neutral thing, as you point out, like providing an
> example of such a piece of software.
> 
> -Scott
> 

well because X docs are third party, and we don't usually make local
changes to third party docs. having said that, there are exceptions,
and i know we have changed some docs (forget which) to mention
xenodm. so that's why i said i'd leave it to the X folks ;)

jmc

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