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Re: ZSH presence on WWW cf. Perl

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From: Vidiot <brown@xxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: ZSH presence on WWW cf. Perl
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:44:05 -0600 (CST)
In-reply-to: <199603180830.DAA08444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Bas V. de Bakker" at Mar 18, 96 09:30:02 am

<
<"Richard J Coleman" <coleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
<
<> I agree that nroff is terrible.  I've been thinking maybe it's time
<> to scrap man pages altogether.  Put all the documentation into a
<> latex file, and create a nice zsh manual.
<
<I like to have documentation on-line as well.  But every time I
<proposed keeping only the texinfo file, there were loud protests from
<various people.  I don't remember exactly why, probably because they
<had nothing to read info with.
<
<Bas.

Bingo.  Man pages are the way to get info on Unix programs.  Trying to tell
a user that there are TWO ways to find out how a program works will not
go over very well.  Nroff man pages are here to stay.

MB
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References:
- Re: ZSH presence on WWW cf. Perl
  - From: Bas V. de Bakker

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