From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:55:28 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   >> txt? pdf? html? man? doc?   
   >   
   > They can all be generated from groff -man.   
      
   And then only under Linux/BSD, not 2% of your potential audience.   
   And man pages can't link to other referenced citations. Certainly   
   I would say man pages are necessary but not very great otherwise.   
   HTML or PDF seem to be a better choice in lots of cases. Imagine   
   a PDF for automotive parts where an image is shown that looks like   
   that sensor you need for your car, how do man pages deal with that?   
      
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