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> I see a lot of people talking about examples, and while having more of them could be good, I think the actual problem with most modern man pages is a lack of
by AdieuToLogic 3y ago
> I see a lot of people talking about examples, and while having more of them could be good, I think the actual problem with most modern man pages is a lack of clear description of program behaviour.
Have you had the opportunity to look into FreeBSD man pages? I have found them to be quite helpful. For example:
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ls&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+13.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ls&apropos=0&sekti...
- 59nadir 3y agoI think the man pages in FreeBSD cross a critical threshold where they actually are enough to learn the bulk of most things and seem to be generally much more useful than at least what my personal experience with Linux is. I will admit to a general bias towards thinking FreeBSD is generally of much higher quality than Linux in general, so take this with a grain of salt.