From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E563E1F5AE for ; Thu, 20 May 2021 03:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230062AbhETDHJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2021 23:07:09 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43236 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229503AbhETDHJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2021 23:07:09 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x335.google.com (mail-ot1-x335.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::335]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D52A5C061574 for ; Wed, 19 May 2021 20:05:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ot1-x335.google.com with SMTP id t10-20020a05683022eab0290304ed8bc759so13607923otc.12 for ; Wed, 19 May 2021 20:05:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=q2e6kLPicIpSmBGJUp79Yj6H273awXAHFGNZltpMHlI=; b=sZBn/OZKNUwmvEWrF2/YwLNSBTLItyhycKSoeci9ngXuQIvuZj8D9e0PnGggWjo1hp byYvvIpVmC9yCsAmsMUxfaP1RS1HGhcKxSBQkQmM7NExiv11z4D4GwEpcjC8oYPzfypY NGgT1D7RaiaZQM4mfqj0Tr+moQ4VqomUqoT6QfG1vkdoNTk/0d1ywImQQU36c8TWf9W9 E5irSt12+3YCnhqSyC6HAfgy9EbfeeeFZjMTNFVj70EsMlV/tek1RhjY4CkoCjf89SY9 DbBuZnrkkUd04UaO6z0+PNzy6BfoScI1qTzGdzxfzlqTvU+4d2txxDAgIqMx0lj/+VOD F8Gw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to :references:subject:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=q2e6kLPicIpSmBGJUp79Yj6H273awXAHFGNZltpMHlI=; b=KrLUhnQMSAQ0r0RVbqt6Flvg4SUSEFIppWqRggAoCkF68Ar+n6rrbIxQKPfVgDUZO7 6OjeZ/3cuMZWYZDYTSAC2kDezZ0puksQolgvPM7BNhdBeEMAaPyBWmPOqMlCNG6NISfZ BKVjTtXu4gNvAoAP5MIQ3iOlHS9dkGIuVWCBPFoK2BqnPB0+7ES3GNyOllXX27gastnQ J/xds+/OVqxhvIO590Ysm4Ra9OGnzYQ5eUpeOO7bmAK5v2pJOHzyfKKRn1dlAG41/G5d g8w7tuxsePeNZbpErXL6Y60R+7m9UwLCZpU5lK/YgOQZzTzleWxBi51LJiGDtZAfKERs Ifgg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531oiFTd7pYSaNIQYOmWFVLAHhN50r7LhWWvUxvlBawrwL+TM/Us +fGdpLbP2uLXP2vrAr/8GC4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyZaMaM+oykNOVEYyxItpGedGTUYPJ3I6DnCj3ecOP7HlRicAp8PlScytbPZR+YfvXEZP8X1A== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:4e96:: with SMTP id v22mr2117164otk.134.1621479948164; Wed, 19 May 2021 20:05:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (fixed-187-189-187-231.totalplay.net. [187.189.187.231]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z6sm345521oiz.39.2021.05.19.20.05.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 19 May 2021 20:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 22:05:46 -0500 From: Felipe Contreras To: Junio C Hamano , "brian m. carlson" Cc: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Felipe Contreras , git@vger.kernel.org, "Randall S. Becker" Message-ID: <60a5d20a4e134_1f37320860@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: References: <20210518010121.1350327-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <60a332fd22dad_14c8d4208ed@natae.notmuch> <87im3fqci9.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] help: colorize man pages Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano wrote: > "brian m. carlson" writes: > > > The documentation says, "use the man program as usual". "As usual" > > implies the way the user would invoke it. > > I guess what the documentation says matches what end users expect (I > as an end user certainly do expect that "git help -m foo" is running > the familiar "man" command on something that is related to "foo"). Do you also expect that `git diff a b` runs something similar to `diff a b`? > So while making the "less" customization more discoverable and > easily accessible would be a win for users, I have to agree that is > out of scope of this project's mission. How is enabling a configuration already present in `man` out of scope, but running an *ENTIRELY* different program--such as konqueror or woman--to view man pages is not? git help --man git Doesn't even necessarily run man *already*. -- Felipe Contreras