Re: WoMan generates different result from man?

[Hongxu Chen]

Jonathan Groll <lists@groll.co.za> writes:

> On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:39:07 +0800, Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>  I am using `WoMan' other than man to read manpages. But I find there
>>  are some slight differences when reading the content.  Take the
>>  manpage of `man' as an example:
>> 
>>  WoMan parses the result of the section number introduction like this:
>> 
>>     1@Executable programs or shell commands   2@System calls
>> (functions provided by the kernel)   3@Library calls (functions within
>> program libraries)   4@Special files (usually found in /dev)   5@File
>> formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd   6@Games   7@Miscellaneous
>> (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7),
>>      groff(7)   8@System administration commands (usually only for
>> root)   9@Kernel routines [Non standard] 
>> 
>>  While the result generates by `man' does have `@' but spaces `   ',
>>  just as follows:
>>      1   Executable programs or shell commands
>>       2   System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
>>       3   Library calls (functions within program libraries)
>>       4   Special files (usually found in /dev)
>>       5   File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
>>       6   Games
>>       7   Miscellaneous (including macro packages  and  conventions),  e.g.  
>> man(7),
>>           groff(7)
>>       8   System administration commands (usually only for root)
>>       9   Kernel routines [Non standard]
>> 
>>  The margin in WoMan also seems a little odd.
>> 
>>  So is this a known issue?
>
> Yes. Women are from venus.
Well, WoMan is really different from man...
Are there some workarounds to remedy?

BTW, is WoMan popular in Emacs, or Emacsers typically look up info
through info?
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
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Regards,
Hongxu Chen