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− | There are two jokes in this comic. | + | There are two jokes in this comic. First is, that the pilot typed "MANUAL OVERRIDE" to manually override the plane's computer and steer the plane to safety, but instead he ends up opening the manual page for "OVERRIDE". The second joke is making fun of a trend in documentation for UNIX-like systems using the open source {{w|GNU}} toolchain. |
− | Historically, {{w|UNIX}} systems had a way to access descriptions of the available programs by using the "man" command (from "manual"). Typing "man | + | Historically, {{w|UNIX}} systems had a way to access descriptions of the available programs by using the "man" command (from "manual"). Typing "man program-name" would output a detailed text, called a "{{w|man page}}", describing the program's functionality, available command-line options, a list of related programs, etc. For some GNU-based systems, however, the output of "man program-name" will be very brief, mainly directing the user to invoke a GNU-specific information system ({{w|Info_(Unix)|GNU Info}}), thus rendering the man page in a different way, annoying for the user because of that sophisticated navigation at that Info-Tool. Even the linked Wiki article doesn't explain how to quit this application. |
− | + | The title text suggests that the user look at the GNU Info page for “override”, instead of the manual page for it available through “man”. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Linux]] | [[Category:Linux]] | ||
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