Re: man pages & info prefer HTML format

[Dragan Simic]

On 2023-09-24 14:37, Dennis German wrote:
> After the  years and fine tuning of basic HTML, why aren't the man
> pages standardized to HTML format?
>
> Perhaps some users don't frequently enough reference man pages as they
> should and fewer use info , but (nearly) everyone uses a browser.

Are you implying that the primary way of viewing man pages should be by 
using a web browser?

> And I don't mean programmatically simply wrapping the man page in HTML.
>
> The ability to
>
>      1) wrap text ( not truncate a line with a hyphen and place the
>    last 4 or 5 characters on the next line) and let the user decide the
>    width of the window
>
>      2) embed links (rather than "see also")
>
>      3) use basic fonts to render variables, command name, keywords, 
>    description and clarify optional and alternatives (rather than the
>    noisy apostrophes, *<* and*>* which also take of space)
>
>      4) show the user much more information the first and every page
>    (rather than needing multiple lines for the simplest keyword
>    description)
>
> HTML is superior than the current format and easily customizable in
> width, font size and colors by the reader.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Dennis German