On Tue, 25 May 1999, Mark Kettenis wrote: > I know that the GNU project doesn't like man pages. Improving the info file > would of course also be a good way to help. We can than write a dummy man > page that only goves a synopsis and then points to the info file. > > IMHO, we really should not waste time on man pages. It is better to > work on proper documentation instead, extending the current Hurd > texinfo manual. Having some information in man pages and other > information in the manual is confusing. What will happen is that at a > certain point the manual pages will even contradict what's in the > manual.
What is the GNU objection to man pages? I've found them easier to use personally, especially if I just want to check the prototype of a library function. IAMFI, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://www.pick.ucam.org/