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Re:OpenBSD 5.4 Released by ape4 on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:16PM (#6655659)
Isn't there some way to get hypertext into man pages? Eg extend nroff. Then you don't have to have a parallel system.
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Re:OpenBSD 5.4 Released by clarry on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:02AM (#6659060)
You can use w3mman (it installs with the w3m package on OBSD) and you'll be able to follow manual xrefs. Html output with links can also be generated, see the afterbook man page linked above for an example.
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Re:OpenBSD 5.4 Released by 4ad on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:51AM (#6659044)
nroff isn't the problem, the pager is. I view manual pages in acme and they become very hypertexty. It's not perfect, as they weren't written with that in mind, but it's damn good.
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