On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:46:02 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Man pages are mostly written as reference documents. Like technical > specs, they tend to list the capabilities of the app without giving the > "bigger picture overview" as that is assumed to be known.
That's right,they tend to assume that you already know what you want to do and are just a means of finding the syntax to do it. The problem is that for most software, they are the only documentation provided. -- Neil Bothwick EMail - garbage at the speed of light.
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