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Re: [Groff] colorized man pages
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John Gardner |
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Re: [Groff] colorized man pages |
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Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:15:08 +1000 |
Sick-humoured folks might get a laugh out of this gem of ignorance:
http://npmjs.com/package/woman
Only peripherally-related, but worth a laugh.
Regarding what's being said: I agree with Ingo and Denis. The limited
formatting of manpages is actually their best feature, because it forces
authors to lay their content out readably using indentation, headings and
*minimal* formatting. Colour just feels unnecessary.
On 19 August 2016 at 23:05, Denis M. Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:
> An old quote:
>
> If you cannot make it clear with white chalk, you cannot make it
> clear with coloured chalk either.
>
>
- [Groff] colorized man pages, James K. Lowden, 2016/08/19
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2016/08/19
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, walter harms, 2016/08/19
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2016/08/19
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Clarke Echols, 2016/08/19
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2016/08/20
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, John Gardner, 2016/08/20
- Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2016/08/20
Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Ingo Schwarze, 2016/08/19
Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, James K. Lowden, 2016/08/24
Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2016/08/24
Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2016/08/24
Re: [Groff] colorized man pages, Peter Schaffter, 2016/08/25