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From: karron@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU
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Subject: Re:  man -t to lpr (man flamed)
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Date: 19 Oct 90 12:44:18 GMT
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...lots o' stuff left out...
>
>With large libraries of online documentation like X man pages, GL man pages,
>and libc man pages, not to mention all of the add on user level man pages,
                                               !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>I personally appreciate being able to rapidly browse online manual pages.
>
>                                               --- Ciemo

My point about the man page system is that it is made artifically difficult
for a user/programmer to add their own man pages without buying old nroff
software, or knowing about awf.  (woof woof bark bark awf awf arf arf)

Man pages should by dynamic, read/write, not only read/browse.  They should be
much more adaptable (printers,terminals,formatters(TeX), spoolers, and
indexable (keyword))

I like the increased speed, and I look forward to hashed man page stuff.  Hope
you don't ignore speeding up my local man pages.

dan.


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