Re^5: [emacs] perldoc on windows

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I have Git installed for Windows in a C:\usr\bin\git directory. Then I added C:\usr\bin\git\usr\bin to the path (yes, that path is correct, not a copy/paste error). That directory has all sorts of Unix useful commands without the need for Cygwin - including less.exe for pager.

Another site is GnuWin32 which has *roff utils. I installed groff in C:\usr\bin\groff and with a simple batch file called 'man.bat', I can get man pages from the source.1 files - which I've put in C:\usr\share\man.

Why the hell don't I just use Linux!?!?

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Re^6: [emacs] perldoc on windows by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2018 at 20:39 UTC
> Why the hell don't I just use Linux!?!? Ask my employer. :/ update Look Emacs and Perl try heavily to be platform independend. There is no reason to have a dependency on man, nroff, sed and awk. Anyway there is plenty of legacy code depending on man, and eLisp should be flexible enough to use `woman` instead. (If I had the time I'd produce a pod2info converter) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^6: [emacs] perldoc on windows
by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2018 at 20:39 UTC

> Why the hell don't I just use Linux!?!?

Ask my employer. :/

update

Look Emacs and Perl try heavily to be platform independend.

There is no reason to have a dependency on man, nroff, sed and awk.

Anyway there is plenty of legacy code depending on man, and eLisp should be flexible enough to use woman instead.

(If I had the time I'd produce a pod2info converter)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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