Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man man.c man.man

[Oliver Fromme <check+j5fhxr00rs8rud8h@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > Emiel Kollof wrote:
 > > > Simon Schubert wrote:
 > > > >   Modified files:
 > > > >     gnu/usr.bin/man/man  man.c man.man
 > > > >   Log:
 > > > >   Add man -F, which allows you to display files directly.
 > > > 
 > > > I was wondering when someone was going to implement that :) Thanks!
 > > 
 > > You do know that "nroff -man FILE" works fine, do you?  ;-)
 > 
 > I think man does more:  it deals with the locale and runs
 > the page through some filters.

Yes, that's true.  But a simple "nroff -man" works perfectly
fine for 99% of manpages.

 > > (Note that I'm not against "man -F".  It's less typing.)
 > 
 > Oh, it might gone in unnoticed:  I removed the -F again,
 > man now simply searches for a file as the last resort.

That's nice, saves even more typing.  :-)

Best regards
   Oliver

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