"G. Branden Robinson" writes:
In practice, as I understand it, `so` doesn't achieve anything
for man
pages that can't be done with symbolic links and (importantly) a
man
page indexer that is symlink-aware. Perhaps `so` support was
preserved,
and its practice retained, for a long time becau
On 2023-05-03 09:29 -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-05-03T09:07:03-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
>
> > rationale for allowing removal of read-only registers
> > [includes :]
> >
> > It simplifies documentation
>
> This, I would quibble with. I feel morally compelled to document this
>
[adding groff to CC list since this is a reply to a message I posted
there]
Hi Doug,
Thank you for your considered response.
At 2023-05-03T09:07:03-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> I think Clark was justified in deviating from Ossanna.
>
> The prime rationale for allowing removal of read-only reg
