Re: [OT] Re: how do i make my program better?
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Josip Rodin wrote:
> And when you're not in a hurry, and want to learn some new method of doing
> something, a document in the form of manual page is probably the worst way
> because it's poorly organized, you can't orient yourself in it and its
> indentation is not suitable for examples.
peek into some *bsd manpages and you'll realize that manpages can be
written in a way that they are useful. the limitation is not in *roff,
the limitation is in the tradition linux people write them.
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