Mr TapsMar 15
Doing some research for more #Unix #manpage history goodness... Does this look familiar? The old-timey mv and chmod from the #CTSS programmer's manual, 1963, MIT.
Max ResingMar 13

Is there any reason, why curl lists an example in their --header section as follows:

curl -H "User-Agent: yes-please/2000" https://example.com

Is there someone a #Jazz fan, or is it some other kind of a pun? 🤔

#foss #OpenSource #curl #manpage #unix

AskUbuntuMar 7

The man page for date is missing some options #date #manpage #2510

https://askubuntu.com/q/1564611/612

The man page for date is missing some options

I am testing with Ubuntu 25.10 and tried the date command. The man pages don't contain the explanation of %M and so on anymore. Is that the intention? In version 24.04 it is still there. Kind regar...

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AskUbuntuMar 7

man pages of date are too small #date #manpage #2510

https://askubuntu.com/q/1564611/612

man pages of date are too small

I am testing with Ubuntu 25.10 and tried the date command. The man pages don't contain the explanation of %M and so on anymore. Is that the intention? In version 24.04 it is still there. Kind regar...

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Show threadEugene  Feb 20

@romulojales Huh, interesting! Looks like description of the "-Q" flag in the Emacs manpage and in the output of "emacs --help" — differs  (see the screnshot), at least for Emacs 30.2

Looks like it's time to make "M-x report-emacs-bug" 

#Emacs #man #manpage

gyptazyFeb 14
I slightly updated my website which is based on my nerdy #manpageblog engine.

I recently added several #SEO improvements and made some smaller changes to the design to make it more readable but also slightly more modern. I'm not sure if this isn't already too fancy again where it should focus on simplicity and alignment with traditional manpages.

If you're interested into manpageblog, you can find it at:
GitHub: https://github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog
#FreeBSD Ports: https://www.freshports.org/www/manpageblog/


#blog #blogging #staticblog #blogengine #wordpress #alternatives #free #opensource #manpage #manpageblog #python #webdesign #simple #kiss #freshports
𝔱.𝔥.Feb 4

they censored the #bash #manpage in the #epsteinfiles .

#linux #censorship #usa #epstein

gdsJan 29

I can't believe it took me until today to realise:

If you read a plaintext email in #gnus and that email contains a string that looks like a reference to a unix #manpage -- e.g. "find(1)" -- gnus renders it as a hyperlink to the actual manpage on your disk.

Show threadNo Time To PlayJan 26
Just added a #ManPage to JourNote as well. First time writing one in #ReStructuredText; I'm pleasantly impressed with the results. It's more convenient than POD for the purpose, much as I like the older format.
Antti Peltola ⁂Jan 14

I've actually authored Unix man pages.

The best resources to get started with this 1970s dark arts from Bell Labs are these:

O'Reilly: UNIX° TEXT PROCESSING Chapter 4 nroff and troff:

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/unixdeg-text-processing/9780810462915/Chapter04.html

At least Emacs has an nroff mode, which will make authoring man pages significantly easier.

Nroff Mode (GNU Emacs Manual):

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Nroff-Mode.html

More about nroff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nroff

Hope this helps.

#Unix #Linux #ManPage #Emacs

UNIX° TEXT PROCESSING

nroff and troff The vi editor lets you edit text, but it is not much good at formatting. A text file such as program source code might be formatted with a simple program like pr,... - Selection from UNIX° TEXT PROCESSING [Book]

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