Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mdisea!mitchell From: mitchell@MDI.COM (Bill Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: a suggestion for man(1) on hte next release Keywords: info answers Message-ID: <1991May16.224805.18079@MDI.COM> Date: 16 May 91 22:48:05 GMT References: Sender: news@MDI.COM Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA Lines: 18 In article overby@plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby) writes: >[...] >> 23. WHY AREN'T THE MANUALS ONLINE? WHERE CAN I GET THE MANUALS? >[...] >> the source to a more Unix-like man(1) is available on >[...] Andy, How about renaming the current unix-unlike man(1) program something else? Maybe call it help(1) or usage(1). Less confusion for new minix users with previous unix exposure. Optionally, perhaps include a more unix-like man(1) program in the next distribution to supplement or replace the current program. -- mitchell@mdi.com (Bill Mitchell)