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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Michael Sanders   
   Re: Usage/Help Screen Conventions   
   23 Dec 25 21:41:47   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:41:42 -0000 (UTC), Michael Sanders wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Both Microsoft and Apple are supporting Linux VMs as a standard part   
   of an OS install nowadays. I wonder where the demand is coming from   
   ...   
      
   > And man pages can't link to other referenced citations.   
      
   They can all have links. You mean *clickable* links? Some of those   
   formats can do those.   
      
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