every time i can't remember how to use a command - eviltoast

this image comes to mind every time i use man pages

  • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    And then the manpage goes:

    ThE fUlL dOcUmEnTaTiOn CaN bE vIeWeD wItH “info blah invocation”

    Stop trying to make info a thing. It’s not going to be a thing.

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      11 months ago

      I used a tool yesterday whose manpage told me to look into --help for full list of commands. The audacity!

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        They could’ve just copy-pasted it! And --help should be a brief, easy-to-understand list of commands and explanations, not an extension

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            Yeah. I recommend the TLDR terminal tool. You can contribute command TLDRs. If there is a one for said command, you can type tldr comad and it will give you some valid uses and example commands.

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              I knew about tldr, I’m old Linuxoid now, but didn’t know you could contribute. I’ll give it another go. By this point though… I’ve already been through the hellfire.

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      Especially when you don’t have a US keyboard. How the fuck am I supposed to navigate through the info document when the key combination to follow links is Ctrl+] and ] itself is hidden behind some modifier combo?