On 26.10.18 19:17, Brian wrote: > On Fri 26 Oct 2018 at 13:20:36 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Agreed, a good man page is the best. I've no clue why there seems to be > > an aversion to a man page that has to be scrolled to read it all. All of > > us have up/down arrows on our keyboards, and 99% have a mouse wheel, so > > there is no excuse that holds water to not put it all in the man > > page. "man bash" if you man page authors want to see what a real man > > page looks like. > > An excellent man page. Intended for masochists and those who have all > the time in the world to read and absorb it. :)
TBT, I've never read more than the few islands of text brought up by a search for a term of interest, then a second search term learnt from that. In-search-read-out. Job done in minimal time. Much faster and easier than info bumpf, unless it's flattened with vim, to make it like a manpage. Erik
