On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 06:02:33 +0100, Wedson Almeida Filho wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 04:25:34AM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > >>> Are you stating [what you perceive as] a fact or just venting? If the former, >>> would you mind enlightening us with some evidence? >> >> How about "not everyone uses a browser as a part of their workflow"? > > The documentation is available in markdown alongside the code. You don't need a > browser to see it. I, for one, use neovim and a rust LSP, so I can see the > documentation by pressing shift+k. > >> I realize that it might sound ridiculous for folks who spent a while >> around Mozilla, but it's really true and kernel community actually >> has quite a few of such freaks. > > I haven't spent any time around Mozilla myself (not that there's anything wrong > with it), so I can't really comment on this. > >> And as one of those freaks I can tell >> you where exactly I would like you to go and what I would like you to do >> with implicit suggestions to start a browser when I need to read some >> in-tree documentation. > > I could be mistaken but you seem angry. Perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to > read your own code of conduct, I don't think you need a browser for that either. Haven't you folks ever head of lynx? Good old-fashioned command-line tool that opens html files in a terminal window, supports following links within the file, good stuff like that. I don't see how the dinosaurs^W traditional folks could object to that! -- Paul
