On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Strainu <strain...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to create a link to a unix command man page by writing
> "man command" (like it happens with RFCs)? I searched for an extension
> to do this, but I've been unlucky :)
>

There's no hook or other way to extend the current magic links. The only
way to add it would be by changing Parser::doMagicLinks().

> If nothing has been implemented, do you think it would be a good idea
> to have this in Wikipedia? I personally think it would be very useful
> for many articles related to Linux/Unix.
>

No, I don't think it'd be a good idea. In general, we've tried to
avoid adding new magic links over the years.

-Chad

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