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Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:44:53 -0800 |
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"Dave Gilbert (Home)" <address@hidden> writes:
>> My kneejerk reaction is that I like the idea of adding examples, but
>> I'd rather see them added to the output of "--help"....
>> We should also add them to doc/coreutils.texi.
>
> Hmm - if you can suggest a good way to do this then I'd be happy to
> write the examples in any reasonable way as long as they end up in 'man'
> (as well as anywhere you want them).
The general way is to submit a patch, in "diff -u" format. You'd
need to patch doc/coreutils.texi and each source file (e.g., src/cp.c).
> I'd like on some things to include the really useful GNU options;
I'd prefer fairly terse examples that focus on "really useful" uses
(my, I'm starting to sound like Thomas the Tank Engine). It's OK for
examples to mention GNU extensions.
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, (continued)
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/03/14
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, James Youngman, 2005/03/14
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/03/14
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Dave Gilbert (Home), 2005/03/15
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/03/14
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, James Youngman, 2005/03/15
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Paul Eggert, 2005/03/15
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Jim Meyering, 2005/03/15
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Bob Proulx, 2005/03/15
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Dave Gilbert (Home), 2005/03/16
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages,
Paul Eggert <=
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2005/03/19
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Paul Eggert, 2005/03/18
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, James Youngman, 2005/03/19
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2005/03/19
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Paul Eggert, 2005/03/20
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2005/03/28
- Re: [Patch] Adding examples to the man pages, Jim Meyering, 2005/03/28