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List:       linux-man
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] vcs.4: Re-write and expound
From:       Jakub Wilk <jwilk () jwilk ! net>
Date:       2019-03-09 11:32:14
Message-ID: 20190309113214.7ahspqgmkd6aeowo () jwilk ! net
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Hi Michael!

* Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>, 2019-03-04, 17:04:
>This commit provides a much more comprehensive description of virtual 
>console capture  devices, and how to use them properly.

I only had a brief look at the new text, but I'm afraid this is way too 
verbose to be practically useful. For example:

- We don't need 30 lines of explanation of the coordinate system. The 
current man page says "x = y = 0 at the top left corner of the screen", 
which is more than enough.

- We don't need 4 different examples; one would be enough.

>  man -Tpdf vcs >/tmp/vcs.pdf

(This is not a secure use of /tmp.)

-- 
Jakub Wilk
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