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Re: Very short patches for man page of tip(1)


From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:56:25 -0800 (PST)

:On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 09:31:39 -0800 (PST)
: Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:>     I still think we want the reference to cu.  A lot of people are used to
:>     using cu and it has options that actually make it easier to use then tip
:>     in many cases.
:
:Well, I worry a situation like this:
:
:1) Someone doesn't know how to use the tip, type `man tip`.
:2) He/She look 'SEE ALSO cu(1)'
:3) OK, `man cu`
:4) Oh! This is tip's manual!
:
:This is not kindness.
:Ah, just now, I've saw FreeBSD's man page of tip. I think that their idea is good
:and the problem is solved. How about importing this man page to DragonFly?
:
:http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tip&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-current&format=html
:...
:Thanks.
:-- 
:H.Miyamoto (aka "Yuukis"). <Ys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
:           http://wids.net/ - Enjoy Your Computing ?

    Hmm.  I didn't notice that tip's manual page and cu's manual page
    is the same.  Ok, go ahead and work up a patch.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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