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Re: Man pages missing

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: brown@xxxxxxxx (Vidiot)
Subject: Re: Man pages missing
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 16:55:22 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199701311611.KAA17450@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Vidiot" at Jan 31, 97 10:11:18 am

Vidiot wrote:
>This is not true.  There are many man pages that are not authoritative,
>sh and csh being examples.

The sh and csh man pages that I've seen are pretty complete.

>                                        The man page only needs to be
>authoritative iff there is not a separate document that expands the man page.

Ah, but the man page SHOULD be authoritative anyway.

><And what do you have against man pages?
>
>They are meant to be a quick reference to the syntax of a command or an
>option.  For details and/or examples, expanded manuals are used.

In the case of zsh, the man page is a quick referenece to all the
details too.  This is ideal.

-zefram

References:
- Re: Man pages missing
  - From: Vidiot

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