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Re: WoMan generates different result from man?
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Jonathan Groll |
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Re: WoMan generates different result from man? |
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Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:57:53 +0200 |
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On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:39:07 +0800, Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am using `WoMan' other than man to read manpages. But I find there
> are some slight differences when reading the content. Take the
> manpage of `man' as an example:
>
> WoMan parses the result of the section number introduction like this:
>
> 1@Executable programs or shell commands 2@System calls
> (functions provided by the kernel) 3@Library calls (functions within
> program libraries) 4@Special files (usually found in /dev) 5@File
> formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd 6@Games 7@Miscellaneous
> (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7),
> groff(7) 8@System administration commands (usually only for
> root) 9@Kernel routines [Non standard]
>
> While the result generates by `man' does have `@' but spaces ` ',
> just as follows:
> 1 Executable programs or shell commands
> 2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
> 3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
> 4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
> 5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
> 6 Games
> 7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g.
> man(7),
> groff(7)
> 8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
> 9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
>
> The margin in WoMan also seems a little odd.
>
> So is this a known issue?
Yes. Women are from venus.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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