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Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation


From: Eric S. Raymond
Subject: Re: [Groff] Simplifying groff documentation
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:25:26 -0500
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Gunnar Ritter <address@hidden>:
> > Probably.  But is likely that man will at some point start presenting
> > through the browser by default if you have a BROWSER variable defined.
> 
> For those who do not like that, I will definitively keep
> the Heirloom Toolchest "man" command to prefer nroff
> formatting (although it has always also supported HTML
> pages).

Which is completely appropriate.  I don't want to restrict anyone's choices,
just change the default mode of presentation so that end-users get the 
kind of browser-centered presentation they increasingly expect.
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>




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