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

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

> (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.

cheers
 simon

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