On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 16:43 -0500, David A. De Graaf wrote: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:56:38PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > man pages and info have long roots and have been a necessary part of > > documentation. > > > > you can always open a konqueror window and use a web browser for them... > > > > info:bash > > man:smb.conf > > > And in which man page is this cryptic notation documented??? :-) ---- actually, if you open Konqueror... Help => Konqueror Handbook => 'Viewing Help, Info and Man Pages' it's right there...hidden away in the Help menu ---- > > The firefox browser may be the single program that most desperately > needs a man page. There are mysteries inside enigmas ... in this SW. > > IMHO, a program that lacks a man page isn't worth using. > Unfortunately, that seems to include the majority of new stuff. ---- When you are talking about programs that are part of the GUI packages, whether GNOME, KDE or neither, it doesn't really make sense to make traditional text based info/man pages for them since they are only used from the GUI itself. GUI applications traditionally have a 'HELP' menu as demonstrated above. Likewise, Firefox has a help menu. Lastly, since Linux is participatory, when someone sees a lack of documentation, it's most effective to create the missing documentation - you always have the choice of cursing the darkness or lighting a candle. Craig
