https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689007 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689007#c0 Summary: make the magic man a gentle man Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.4 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Usability AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jsmeix@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Development Blocker: --- On my openSUSE 11.4 system I did by accident: ---------------------------------------------------------- # man $( type -p cat ) ^?ELF^B...........^B>......ð@@ ³@8 @ ^F^E@@@@@ø......ø......^C^D8^B8^B@8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Of course it is my fault to give the magic man a binary but if the magic man was a gentleman he would be gracious and know that I actually meant "man cat" - and of course the gentle man would not overshoot and then tell me how to use a cat but how to use the binary cat ;-) Seriously: I ask for an enhancement request that when man gets a binary file like "man /bin/cat" it may ask the user if he actually meant the matching man page like "man cat". -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.