From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD, STOX_REPLY_TYPE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9C81F6C1 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:28:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755954AbcHXX2U (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:28:20 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-4.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.68]:24717 "EHLO smtp-out-4.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753269AbcHXX2R (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:28:17 -0400 Received: from PhilipOakley ([92.22.21.109]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id chagbSBRNcpskchagbLU2u; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:28:15 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.21.109] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=ILRAMUnG c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=qMCwDsOCRbQP4wxbSmd05g==:117 a=qMCwDsOCRbQP4wxbSmd05g==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=FBACa5QmktsKF8_JjZ4A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=6kGIvZw6iX1k4Y-7sg4_:22 Message-ID: <99BC268995014F88A25852349769FD02@PhilipOakley> Reply-To: "Philip Oakley" From: "Philip Oakley" To: "Dakota Hawkins" , "Johannes Schindelin" Cc: "Junio C Hamano" , "Michael J Gruber" , "Duy Nguyen" , "git-for-windows" , "Git Mailing List" References: <2a6d2230-90ce-0f54-c7ae-a5aa595a2f73@drmicha.warpmail.net> Subject: Re: Git for Windows documentation, was Re: [git-for-windows] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.9.3 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:28:14 +0100 Organization: OPDS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfPVhD+GwKpLlwMOzGZRgIXyCymId9vzL9jBb3MYzLhBdbcOPEaTmHc7doerk47pK+59Wp0FdSAWwwzGea6LnRHUnDV8QCc2vY/G2izOPK51vstL/ZYIJ SWBQu7KWzT5BckODIm+TkXlyA7iZgLVICFTvtJK6psdC8jvHxWZAoO3TrxPSy06prOGfZ7wal7LuBmDjrWLCQ5pBuxHMQSUXYV+Z3LHHzVoD6rmP7ncprEYw Mp1arb/pIBncAKvAmdTSgFK4Ct56qU/THxA+bObX1+ZJoMFTAb1nYVkl+Zgp6jmtVx0efYT2Tm/ne0gjrzBRldpJMV700d+AAJp8rshgPwqCw0dVAGSM+WXe 1TbbPTq0y1VeGoF/PmeN11/xMRAuxw== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: "Dakota Hawkins" > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Johannes Schindelin > wrote: >> Hi Dakota, >> >> On Tue, 23 Aug 2016, Dakota Hawkins wrote: >> >>> I use GFW almost exclusively, but I pretty much always consult the >>> upstream documentation anyway (because I find it easier). >> >> Oh... I thought that typing "git help git-commit" opening a nice HTML >> page >> in your favorite browser was good enough. >> >> Do you have any suggestion how to improve the user experience? > > Just a small one, and that's that I'd prefer the option to have help > display in my terminal (that option might exist and I don't know how > to turn it on). That would be very convenient for me. > > Opening a nice HTML page is probably nice for a lot of users. What > frustrates me about it is that I don't know which browser window on > which monitor (of 3) it's going to open in, so it's a context-switch > to a different window somewhere that I don't have much control over. > > The thing I find easier about using the upstream documentation is just > that I can pick the browser window I want it to come up in, and it's > usually faster enough for me to just google "git-whatever" or > re-purpose an open doc tab. I don't prefer the _content_ of the > upstream documentation, it's just less frustrating for me to use, if > that makes sense. > If you would like to use the man pages, then one option is to install the SDK, which then allows you to install the man package, (setting the manpath as required) to allow your choice of viewer. You may need to set the minnty config BoldAsFont=yes if you want the bold for the headings in the man pages. With the SDK you can also create a personal release version of GfW that includes the man viewer if you like. -- Philip