Re: Feature proposal: New, Standard Documentation System

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On Wednesday 26 November 2008 08:44:54 pm Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
> Michael,
>
> What would a new system's advantage over man be?  For example, if a new
> interface to manpages were created, that might eliminate some of the
> initial learning curve some might say manpages present to users.
>
> Actually, I think manpages already solve your 5 points without need
> anything new.  Perhaps a manpage-to-X/HTML solution that allows reading
> them on the fly in a browser could be used to make accessing them
> easier.
>
> So, what this comes down to is creating an easier way to make manpages,
> if what I am suggesting makes sense.
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Basil Mohamed Gohar
> abu_hurayrah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.basilgohar.com

Konqueror already has one such "manpage-to-HTML" solution when you browse 
manpages with "man:foobar" URLs (or something like that, it's been a while 
since I've used konqueror).

Regards,
-- 
Conrad Meyer <konrad@xxxxxxxxxx>


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