From: "astian" <astian@memeware.net>
To: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>,
"Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-man" <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Markdown as a "less hairy" source format for man pages
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:05:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DLHEFPP585QA.3O4UBO4CFHWD7@memeware.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915153913.gn4lupmyydvtehnw@illithid>
On 15 Sep 2026 10:39 -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
[...]
> Not long ago I diagnosed our industry's collective, and persistent,
> refusal to believe that writing worthwhile documentation could ever be a
> more demanding task than the simplest computer program one can code.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20260710195854.ud4riftmhrfzu54d@illithid/
Interesting recap, specially the history of man/mdoc/mandoc/groff. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-12 22:00 ioperm(2): confusing terminology astian
2026-09-12 22:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-12 22:48 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-13 6:29 ` astian
2026-09-14 12:56 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-15 15:39 ` Markdown as a "less hairy" source format for man pages (was: ioperm(2): confusing terminology) G. Branden Robinson
2026-09-17 7:05 ` astian [this message]
2026-09-17 7:04 ` ioperm(2): confusing terminology astian
2026-09-17 11:00 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-17 19:09 ` astian
2026-09-17 19:34 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-17 6:16 ` [PATCH 1/2] man/man2/ioperm.2: Reword slightly for clarity astian
2026-09-17 11:59 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-17 6:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] man/man2/ioperm.2: wfix astian
2026-09-17 11:59 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-17 12:38 ` ioperm(2): confusing terminology G. Branden Robinson
2026-09-17 13:18 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-17 19:08 ` astian
2026-09-17 23:02 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-09-17 19:11 ` [PATCH 2/2] man/man2/ioperm.2: wfix astian
2026-09-17 19:58 ` [PATCH] man/man5/proc_ioports.5: wfix astian
2026-09-17 23:09 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-09-17 23:16 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-18 7:03 ` [PATCH v2] " astian
2026-10-11 17:11 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-17 19:57 ` [PATCH v2] man/man2/ioperm.2: wfix astian
2026-10-11 17:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-10-11 17:13 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-10-11 20:25 ` astian
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