Re: generated manpages

[josX]

>On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, josX wrote:
>> >If the information is already in the Info manual, and is just copied
>> >into the man page, what's the value of that?  How is this different
>> >from "info --usage"?
>> I could just an easily say: "If the information is already in the program
>> through the '--help' and '--version' arguments, and is just copied
>> into the man page, what's the value of that?  How is this different
>> from "PROGRAM --help/version | less"?"
>It isn't.  It's a stopgap, no more, no less.

I know...

>> The info inside `info ls` would make a damn fine standard
>> manpage, why did you guys ever start with that 'info' thing.
>> `man` is extremely straighforward, why bother with all the menus...just
>> confusing...
>You don't (and shouldn't) go through the menus, except when you read 
>about the package for the first time.  After that, use the manual as a 
>reference, by using the `i' command which searches in the manual indices.
>That's what I do, and I usually find what I'm looking for in a matter of 
>seconds.
>> I'm heavily thinking about translating `info ls` into nroff and distributing 
>> it as the Dutch manpage for ls. 
>It's free software.

already started, going great!

cya.