Re: tech proposal to make manoj somewhat happy.
On 26 Jul 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I find the man program to be faster than lynx, and less likely
> to cause problems. I find it easier to search, create bookmarks, than
> with lynx (I use less as a pager). For short looks, to refresh my
> memory, nothing beats the man program. HTML has too many options to
> be as useful; the complexity of hyperlinks is undesirable for quick
> peeks at documentation.
In short, the current man | less schema for viewing documentation is
preferable because it is simpler. I hope that it will always be available for
those who prefer it. Other than that I also like GNU info. I don't think that
system documentation is well served by "web technology".
take care - steve
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