It would appear that on Nov 20, Felix Miata did say:
The simple answer is that the OP didn't pay attention to what was in the MAN page
I can pay all the attention I want and still not understand. My brain more often than not requires example to bring understanding, meaning or context to terse text. Most man page readings for me are utter failures. I'm sure I'm hardly the only one whose brain is like this.
My brain, for instance, is very much like that...
... or the on-line examples.
Hard to do when the problem is broken GUI. What's needed is a howto command, something to find on disk or construct practical examples based on what's in the man page.
I would love such a thing. But I won't hold my breath waiting for it... Explain how to fish to a starving man who has never left the city, and you will have given him an interesting concept to distract him from his hunger. Illustrate the explanation by picking up a fishing rod, and actually show him how, and you have finally taught him how to catch his own fish... The man page explains. But examples (with a little explanation) do a better job of teaching those who don't already know how... This may not be the man pages purpose, but embedding relevant examples in the text of a man page would {at least for my brain} be the best possible "learn-how-to" tool... It's too bad that there are no such examples, embedded in the relevant places in such a way as to only be shown with some verbosity setting. Something like: "man --examples command" But I strongly doubt that anyone with the skill and knowledge needed to implement such a thing would want to spend the time... -- JtWdyP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org