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- Submitted-by: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
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- In article <1ks59eINN2jm@ftp.UU.NET> mskuhn@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de writes:
- >If POSIX started to define also a convention for man pages, then it would
- >be an excellent idea IMHO to ignore the old existing n/troff practice and
- >to have a careful look on what SGML people are doing. E.g. hypertext
- >capabilities are already well established in many systems ...
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- Hypertext really requires a relatively high level of capability both
- from the terminal (workstation interface) and the user. One of the
- great things about "good old UNIX" was that blind people could use
- it quite effectively via e.g. a VersaBraille terminal. So even if
- you have spiffy interfaces for the elite, there is a need for good
- basic functionality too.
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- Volume-Number: Volume 30, Number 60
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