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| author | sternenseemann <0rpkxez4ksa01gb3typccl0i@systemli.org> | 2021-02-17 18:38:21 +0100 |
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| committer | sternenseemann <sternenseemann@systemli.org> | 2021-02-25 19:52:33 +0100 |
| commit | c2040d76326efd4c2e7f6e9480c0b41794438c73 (patch) | |
| tree | 866ceea242405a07c31b5eaf1e51bae97367e9a5 /pkgs/profpatsch/nman | |
| parent | 2ae38412ed6f775dc41fb3fcf91ffe85d1e45c20 (diff) | |
pkgs/profpatsch/nman(1): misc clarifications
(as suggested by Profpatsch)
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/profpatsch/nman')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkgs/profpatsch/nman/nman.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/profpatsch/nman/nman.1 b/pkgs/profpatsch/nman/nman.1 index 4c8e2805..1bcf5a8f 100644 --- a/pkgs/profpatsch/nman/nman.1 +++ b/pkgs/profpatsch/nman/nman.1 @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ page and opens it directly using .Xr man 1 , essentially implementing what you would expect .Ql nix-shell -p foo --run 'man foo' -to do. +to do, but +.Nm +will only download the minimum amount of data necessary to read the man page. .Pp You can invoke .Nm @@ -74,16 +76,16 @@ uses to first evaluate all the derivation outputs of the given attribute. It then utilizes .Xr nix-store 1 -to realise the outputs one by one until it finds the desired man page -or runs out of outputs. +to realise (that is to download or build) the outputs one by one until +it finds the desired man page or runs out of outputs. When the man page is found, it is opened using .Xr man 1 . .Pp The outputs are checked in order of likelihood to contain man pages. This means that .Nm -is as fast as possible for packages that follow good conventions -like having their man pages in +is as fast as possible and downloads the least amount of data possible for packages +that follow good conventions, like having their man pages in .Ql man , .Ql devman or |