man pages

[Art Alexion]

On Friday 08 August 2008 11:18:40 Billie Walsh wrote:
> Donn wrote:
> > On Friday, 08 August 2008 15:42:53 Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> >> man files are great, but are a bit old fashioned, and don't serve
> >> the user's needs in a graphical environment.
> >
> > Try reading them via Konqueror (maybe Dolphin too?)
> > Type "man: command" in the address bar.
> >
> > \d
>
> I hope any programmers here don't take this wrong. You guys do great
> stuff at what your best at. BUT, most times programmers aren't the best
> at writing up the instructions for the software you write.
>
> Like "man" pages. They assume a knowledge base that some just don't
> have. I know I don't. Most man pages are just gibberish for me. I
> haven't a clue what half the stuff they're telling me is, or does.
>
> The same goes or many of the "wiki" pages that I find. They are written
> by people that find it second nature to do what their trying to tell
> other what to do. If you don't have the knowledge base necessary it is
> nearly impossible to decipher.

I find the best way of dealing with complex man pages is to print them.

man -t <command> | lpr

sends a nicely formated and readable page to your default printer. Read and 
study what you need.  Keep as a reference.

 
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