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personally i hate when i have to open a web browser to view documentation. it's an absolute waste with how heavy they are and the interface sucks. troff is a ni
by johnnyjeans 2y ago
personally i hate when i have to open a web browser to view documentation. it's an absolute waste with how heavy they are and the interface sucks. troff is a nicer markup language than markdown. definitely prefer man pages over anything else.
- dijit 2y agoThere was a time that web-browsers were content viewers, in that time they were more efficient by far than things like PDFs. Man pages are more efficient but difficult to print, they don't include hyperlinks to more context, or inline images to provide some kind of higher level understanding. Web browsers became application distribution platforms, and thus; I agree with you- they're really heavy for just document viewing these days.
- graemep 2y agoSomeone needs to devise software and a standard for viewing documents over the internet.
- hulitu 2y ago> Web browsers became application distribution platforms, and thus; I agree with you- they're really heavy for just document viewing these days. Too bad they are crap at printing. Apparently rendering on the screen and rendering an image are two completely different things.