I seriously doubt a new user would know what man is much less search for something in the man pages using a terminal. Only seasoned linux users know about man pages.
John On 12/7/2012 11:23 AM, Anders Wallin wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Kent A. Reed <kentallanr...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On 12/7/2012 6:49 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>> In any case I doubt a newbee can find a man page with both hands... much >>> less know to look for a man page. >> Now THAT'S dismissive :-) >> man abs - returns a description of the family of Linux functions which >> compute the absolute value of an integer >> man 9 abs - returns a description of the HAL abs component >> > Assuming a new user looks at the INI or HAL file of a typical > stepper/parallel-port config they might try: > $ man parport > No manual entry for parport > or perhaps > $ man hal_parport > which gives a description of something deeper down: > int hal_parport_get(int comp_id, hal_parport_t *port, unsigned short > base, unsigned short base_hi, unsigned int modes) > > To make the documentation task manageable I think the HTML/PDF docs must be > autogenerated from comments in the source - just like man-pages for > components written with comp are now. > But to make the documentation complete we would need a mechanism of > generating man-pages from a number of components that don't use comp. > FWIW I hardly ever use man-pages for HAL-components through the terminal, > but I find the online HTML very useful. > > Anders > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
