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Re: [OT] Re: how do i make my program better?



Tollef Fog Heen <tollef@add.no> writes:
> * Erik 
> 
> | I use man pages all the time.  Maybee for strictly GUI programs man
> | pages are less usefull, certainly not useless though.  for CLI man
> | pages are a must.
> 
> And if you write them in docbook or texinfo they aren't just man pages
> - they can easily be converted into other kinds of documentation.

yeah i did texinfo for one of my programs. i like info
files much more than man pages because you can jump around better.

i also like how some irc clients are documented while you are running them.
so i like that kind of documentation more than having to find it in a man
page.



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