On 2009-09-25, Wu, Yue <vano...@gmail.com> wrote: > Still want to say, if manual.txt.gzip isn't a real plain text, > it should be renamed to a more proper and clear name. And > please put a full version of > manual.txt[http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/manual.txt] on the > offical website. > > What do you think?
I agree completely. A user shouldn't have to jump through hoops to look at the "text" version of the manual. It should be viewable using less, more, cat, vi, emacs, ed, mutt's pager, or anything else. It should be plain text without printer-control-codes, vt100 escape sequences, postscript commands, embedded bitmapped fonts, HPCL, or anything else. Unless there are overriding reasons not to, I'd recommend sticking with 7-bit ASCII or Latin-1 encoding. If fancy formatting is desired, then generate a PDF, RTF, or Postscript file. We can live without a copyright symbol in the manual. Really. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I KAISER ROLL?! at What good is a Kaiser Roll visi.com without a little COLE SLAW on the SIDE?