• Dym Sohin
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    59 months ago

    tbf syntax for writing manpages is closer to latex than markdown

    • @taladar
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      149 months ago

      It is not that complicated and there are plenty of tools to generate man pages from other formats. Besides, this is about the dev not knowing what a man page even is.

      • DreamButt
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        39 months ago

        Stuff like this is why I’m really glad I was a hard ass about learning “the right way,” and refused to let myself use a full IDE and instead rely on a terminal setup. Crazy how many people (with tons of experience) can be missing basic knowledge about how *nix environments run

        • @pomodoro_longbreak
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          29 months ago

          I can’t imagine working with linux and not being comfortable with its most fundamental conceit: interactive ttys that you can do anything from. It’s like being a Windows user and not knowing about the Start menu