From: Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: WoMan generates different result from man?
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:39:07 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87obbnh19g.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
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?
Thanks!
Hongxu Chen
next reply other threads:[~2013-06-03 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-03 11:39 Hongxu Chen [this message]
2013-06-03 12:57 ` WoMan generates different result from man? Jonathan Groll
2013-06-03 15:20 ` Hongxu Chen
2013-06-03 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.931.1370272993.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-03 16:56 ` Dan Espen
2013-06-03 18:15 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-04 0:53 ` Hongxu Chen
[not found] ` <mailman.964.1370307204.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-04 1:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-04 3:31 ` Hongxu Chen
[not found] ` <mailman.969.1370316681.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-04 17:08 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-06 8:31 ` Hongxu Chen
[not found] ` <mailman.1074.1370507531.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-06 9:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-07 1:11 ` Hongxu Chen
2013-06-03 17:18 ` Glenn Morris
2013-06-03 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-03 19:34 ` Glenn Morris
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