Calum:
> I just want a manpage to tell me what the application does, in the
> simplest and clearest way possible. (I'm sure Sun must have a manpage
> style guide somewhere...)
The SunOS Man Page Style Guide is here, for reference:
http://infobot.sfbay/osmanpages/styleguide.html
This is referenced from our team's Man Page Process website, here:
http://jdswiki.ireland.sun.com/twiki/bin/view/JDS/ManPageProcess#Manpage_Style_Guide
Alfred:
> I feel that "mashup" is a good word to describe that Songbird isn't only
> about playing media:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid), and it's
> used in many press releases to talk about Songbird.
I agree.
> "complete" has been removed from the man page due to the lack of CD
> playback.
Makes sense.
> "unique" could also be removed based on the guideline.
I don't have a problem with the term "unique", though all programs are
"unique" in their own way, I suppose, so it isn't really very
descriptive.
Brian
