Some improvements to the about text + link to the new Arch man pages

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Yorhel 2018-01-21 08:23:57 +01:00
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@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ sub home {
li; a href => 'http://linux.die.net/man/', 'die.net'; txt ' - Seems to be based on an RPM-based Linux distribution.'; end; li; a href => 'http://linux.die.net/man/', 'die.net'; txt ' - Seems to be based on an RPM-based Linux distribution.'; end;
li; a href => 'http://manpages.org/', 'manpages.org'; txt ' - Lots of mostly-nicely formatted man pages, no clue about source.'; end; li; a href => 'http://manpages.org/', 'manpages.org'; txt ' - Lots of mostly-nicely formatted man pages, no clue about source.'; end;
li; a href => 'http://www.manpagez.com/', 'manpagez.com'; txt ' - Mac OS X, has some GTK-html and texinfo documentation as well.'; end; li; a href => 'http://www.manpagez.com/', 'manpagez.com'; txt ' - Mac OS X, has some GTK-html and texinfo documentation as well.'; end;
li; a href => 'https://jlk.fjfi.cvut.cz/arch/manpages/dev', 'Arch Linux Man Pages'; end;
li; a href => 'https://manpages.debian.org/', 'Debian Man Pages'; end; li; a href => 'https://manpages.debian.org/', 'Debian Man Pages'; end;
li; a href => 'https://www.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man', 'DragonFlyBSD Man Pages'; end; li; a href => 'https://www.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man', 'DragonFlyBSD Man Pages'; end;
li; a href => 'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi', 'FreeBSD.org Man Pages'; end; li; a href => 'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi', 'FreeBSD.org Man Pages'; end;
@ -162,22 +163,27 @@ sub about {
h2 'Goal'; h2 'Goal';
p; lit <<' _'; p; lit <<' _';
The state of online indices of manual pages is a sad one. Existing sites The state of online indices of manual pages used to be a sad one. Existing
only offer you a single version of a man page: From one origin, and often sites used to only offer you a single version of a man page: From one
only in a single language. Most don't even tell you where the manual origin, and often only in a single language. Most didn't even tell you where
actually originated from, making it very hard to determine whether the the manual actually originated from, making it very hard to determine
manual you found actually applies to your situation and even harder to find whether the manual you found actually applied to your situation and even
a manual from a specific system. Additionally, some sites render the manuals harder to find a manual for a specific system. Additionally, some sites
in an unreadable way, don't correctly handle special formatting - like rendered the manuals in an unreadable way, didn't correctly handle special
tables - or don't correctly display non-ASCII characters. formatting - like tables - or didn't correctly display non-ASCII characters.
<br /><br /> <br /><br />
Manned.org was created in order to improve this situation. This site aims to Nowadays there are many good alternatives, but Manned.org was one of the
index the manual pages from a variaty of systems, both old and new, and sites created in order to improve situation. This site aims to index the
allows you to browse through the various versions of a manual page to find manual pages from a variaty of systems, both old and new, and allows you to
out how each system behaves. The manuals are stored in the database as browse through the various versions of a manual page to find out how each
UTF-8, and are passed through <a system behaves. The manuals are stored in the database as UTF-8, and are
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/">groff</a> to render them in passed through <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/">groff</a> to
(mostly) the same way as they are displayed in your terminal. render them in (mostly) the same way as they are displayed in your terminal.
<br /><br />
This website is <a href="https://g.blicky.net/manned.git/">open source</a>
(MIT licensed) and written in a combination of Perl and Rust. The entire
PostgreSQL database is available for download (see "Database download"
below).
_ _
end; end;