RE: Linux 2.2.11pre4

Chris Jones (chris@black-sun.co.uk)
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 03:35:26 +0100


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Hi

> not require a graphics interface itself, that the HTML looks decent
> when read using lynx !!!

Why not just make the page look like a man page, with the usual
headings and layout, but with the added advantage of hyperlinks. In a
way, that's what I suspect the info stuff is supposed to do, it's just
a pity that it is such a disgusting interface (how intuitive is using
"(* foo)" as a 'clickable' link?!).

The only disadvantage with it all being HTML (as I see it) is that you
might lose the ability to do a "man -k" type operation and get instant
search queries (unless you are going to require Apache to be running
and cgi, etc, etc).

Now that I think about it, don't the LDP folks keep man pages online?
Maybe they could be stroked into converting info pages into the same
format?

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Chris Jones
Black-Sun Software
chris@black-sun.co.uk
www.black-sun.co.uk

"Linux is beating Windows" - David Cole, Microsoft Executive

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