GNU bug report logs - #20035
GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1)

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From: James Geller <james.geller <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:11:21 -0500

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Hi,

This is not a bug report.

I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could include 3 or 45
examples in the man pages.

It would have made my life easier.
It took me a while and a Google search to get it to work.

Please write documentation for people who need documentation.
Don't write documentation for people who don't need documentation.

Thanks

Jim


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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: James Geller <james.geller <at> gmail.com>, 20035-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20035: GNU coreutils 8.4 October 2014 TR(1)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:40:12 +0000

On 08/03/15 03:11, James Geller wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is not a bug report.
> 
> I just wanted to say, it would be SO nice if you could include 3 or 45 examples in the man pages.
> 
> It would have made my life easier.
> It took me a while and a Google search to get it to work.
> 
> Please write documentation for people who need documentation.
> Don't write documentation for people who don't need documentation.

The man pages are a trade-off between brevity and completeness.
The full docs have examples: http://www.gnu.org/s/coreutils/tr
The next version of the man pages will link directly to the above.
Hence I'm closing this.

thanks,
Pádraig.

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