On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:30:54PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i'd include --debug, but i do not have the scrollback buffer to do so. > > man -W cannot be piped or redirected or substituted in the shell. > this prevents the ability for wrappers to man to use the cache that > man uses. > > likewise --debug.
The information produced by -W goes to stdout (although remember that there might not always be a cat page in the first place); the information produced by --debug goes to stderr. > my proposed solution is to send all output to stdio. Could you describe your problem in more detail? Your proposed solution is what man already does. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
