Feature proposal: New, Standard Documentation System
Camilo Mesias
camilo at mesias.co.uk
Mon Dec 1 14:01:49 UTC 2008
2008/12/1 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>:
> Adding a few examples won't hurt, but man pages are not the place for
> conceptual fluff. We need some other format to hold an overview of why you
> should use each program and how various program can be combined to
> accomplish different results. Man pages should just contain a reference for
> that program's use, because you won't look there until you already know why
> you want to run it.
Don't forget you can have manpages for conceptual fluff (try man
selinux / which selinux), and you can find out what command you need
to do using 'apropos'. Example: apropos security
The man system really has been round the block a few times...
-Cam
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