Re: Local copy of ALL man pages
Get the manpages from The Linux Documentation Project
http://www.tldp.org/manpages/man.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-3.45.tar.gz
--- On Wed, 1/9/13, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> From: Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
> Subject: Re: Local copy of ALL man pages
> To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 5:15 PM
> Chris Davies wrote:
> > Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
> wrote:
> >> To clarify my motivation:
> >> 1. divorce myself {as much as
> possible} from the web -
> >> I'm on dial-up.
> >> 2. access all man pages {whether or
> not package
> >> installed} using the man command.
> >
> > Would it be reasonable to utilise a manpage cache with
> dial-on-demand,
>
> absolutely _*NOT*_!!!!!!!!
>
> My specification explicitly says NO connection whatsoever to
>
> the internet.
> Now whether anyone other than myself considers that a
> [insert adjective implying sanity] restriction is moot ;/
>
> > so that pages are delivered from local storage whenever
> possible, but
> > that they are retrieved from somewhere remote if
> necessary?
> >
> > You'd need some form of negative caching to catch
> frequently misspelled
> > words, and you might want to enforce some form of
> timeout on the locally
> > cached pages.
> >
> > Hmmm. This is now starting to sound like a web proxy
>
> No, proxies presume at least occasional connectivity ;/
>
>
>
> ... perhaps see
> > http://people.w3.org/~dom/archives/2006/09/offline-web-cache-with-squid/
> > http://www.gedanken.org.uk/software/wwwoffle/
> >
> > Chris
>
> BTH friends/relatives/acquaintances consider me strange.
>
>
>
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