discuss: man pages
Subject:
Re: man pages
From:
Machtelt Garrels ####@####.####
Date:
15 May 2003 18:46:30 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305151340450.5449-100000@server1.us.soti.org>
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On Thu, 15 May 2003, Howard Shane wrote:
> How do we get better manpages? Maybe TLDP should offer to preview, proof
> or rewrite manpages at the discretion of the author. I'm sure a lot of
> developers wouldn't object, and for those who write substandard manpages
> and don't participate, maybe a 'manpage hall of shame' could be used to
> pressure offenders.
Well yes, and make it known that there is such a service, in case people
only want to develop programs and are no natural born writers. I know a
lot of those. The form under which the doc is made available (man/info
page, --help, apropos, graphic browsers, ..) is less important than the
general accessability.
However, if you say the daily publishing rate at freshmeat, sourceforge
and other software sites, I imagine we will need an awful lot of
volunteers.
Tille.
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My Penguin, my freedom. http://tille.soti.org
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