Re: Difficulty finding documentation (and how to use the docs) for command-lineprograms

+++ paulporter-wGFJ6LvcMHJKwMsVqopc/[email protected] [08/09/03 11:17 -0400]:
> Boy can I relate to this one!  Not only is the documentation obscure but
> even when it is avalible in html it so chopped up that it is almost
> useless. Whoever came up with the idea that each topic of the
> documentation should be put in a new page aught to be shot. This makes
> searching for what one needs almost impossible. I find myself having to
> search page by page for what I'm looking for.

i usually bookmark the index page and i use a browser like mozilla that has
tabs ;)

> 
> If the documentation is for an application I like to print it out so I can
> read and study it while away from the computer.  With the documentation so
> chopped up, it first has to be pulled into a word processer and massaged
> before it can be printed; other wise one ends up wasting a tremendous
> amount of paper.

whenever available try to get the .pdf or .ps manuals. that's what i do when
i want to take a printout. 

mario
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