Re: man pages and GNOME docs [was Re: gtt suggestions]

[Jim Pick <jim jimpick com>]

"J. Patrick Narkinsky" <patrick@amphigory.tez.net> writes:

> For the record, I think the whole GNU "No man pages" routine is a pain.
> 
> Info pages (unfortunately) seem to require constant maintenance and
> hassle, and the GNU utilities don't automatically add them to the system
> repository.
> 
> IMHO, I figure Gnome should supply man pages + an 'alternative' form which
> would be more of a user manual form.  Info would be okay, as I assume
> Docbook would.  I really like the idea of a browser that would search all
> of the available types.

I'd like to go beyond that and also have a live tutorial capability
that would tour the new users through step by step.  But that's down
the road a bit.

Cheers,

 - Jim

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