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Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts
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Mike Parson |
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Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts |
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Fri, 7 May 2004 15:09:06 -0500 |
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On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 03:03:37PM -0400, Larry Kollar wrote:
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> The "short and complete" requirement has a heavy bias
> towards "complete," it seems. :-) That was the most heated
> discussion I remember seeing on the groff list... but the
> slings and arrows mean that people actually care how this
> paper turns out. Pete Phillips's comment "keep it as short
> as possible, but as long as necessary," was nothing less
> than inspired and that became the new heading for the
> section in question (which has been heavily redone, never
> fear).
Reminds me of my high school biology teacher, her instructions for the
length of our reports, "Should be like a girl's mini-skirt -- long
enough to cover the subject, but short enough to keep it interesting."
--
Michael Parson
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- [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Larry Kollar, 2004/05/07
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts,
Mike Parson <=
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Pete Phillips, 2004/05/09
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Clarke Echols, 2004/05/09
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Meg McRoberts, 2004/05/09
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Larry Kollar, 2004/05/10
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Meg McRoberts, 2004/05/11
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Clarke Echols, 2004/05/11
- Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Werner LEMBERG, 2004/05/12
Re: [Groff] Effective manpages, a couple of thoughts, Jorgen Grahn, 2004/05/11