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- Subject: Re: Where are the #*&^$( MAN pages?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.115143.21687@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: graeme@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz ( Graeme Moffat)
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:51:43 GMT
- References: <01050810.buvbad@mbeckman.mbeckman.com> <1992Aug25.222818.11370@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
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- mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) writes:
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- >This was done to try to please those who (like me) prefer the old-style
- >man command to get a quick-and-dirty manpage rather than a
- >tell-me-everything-whether-I-want-it-or-not Info window.
- >It's a compromise, I'll admit.
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- Trouble is, it's a slow-and-dirty manpage, even when info is on disk. Forget
- the CDroms, all they're good for is mass file distribution (and upgrades -
- when? :)
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- Graeme Moffat g.moffat@aukuni.ac.nz \ Time wastes us all,
- Computer Aided Design Centre, Fax: +64-9-366-0702 / our bodies & our wits
- School of Engineering, Ph: +64-9-737-999 x8384 / But we waste time,
- University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, NZ \ so time & we are quits
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