> Whoa, what if they started to use AI to auto-generate man pages...
That’s the time to start my career in woodworking.
Re:FFmpeg by Example
by johnisgood on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:03AM
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I already generate man pages (and POD) with Claude for my new projects. :D
It works really well.
Re:FFmpeg by Example
by Over2Chars on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @06:47PM
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Any links you wanna share? I've never seen an AI generated man page.
Re:FFmpeg by Example
by johnisgood on Thursday January 16, 2025 @12:47PM
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They are not public projects, but man pages and their README.md is generated albeit refined through prompts.
It is not simply a "generate man page" without context.
Re:FFmpeg by Example
by michaelcampbell on Thursday January 16, 2025 @08:01AM
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> what if they started to use AI to auto-generate man pages...
Then they'd be wrong about 20% of the time, and still no one would read them. ;-)
(NB: I'm of the age that I do read them, but I think I'm in the minority.)
It's another tool and one that might actually improve with time. I don't see GNU's man pages getting any better spontaneously.
Whoa, what if they started to use AI to auto-generate man pages...