securitybreach Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Quote “Man page” is a short term for “manual page.” It’s a well known form of software documentation usually found on UNIX operating systems. Linux users frequently use the “man” command to learn about different tools, but few actually know where it came from. The Beginning While it’s usual to think of man pages as something you read on a screen, its origins lay in the physical world of printing. The oldest ancestor of man pages is a program called RUNOFF from the legendary CTSS operating system. The name RUNOFF comes from the idiomatic expression “run off,” meaning “to print or make a photocopy.” It’s one of the earliest text formatting (or “typesetting”) programs. RUNOFF was one of a pair of programs, TYPSET and RUNOFF, designed by Jerome Saltzer in 1964 to format his doctoral thesis. TYPSET was used to create and edit the source text files, which contain English text and some control words to describe formatting instructions (justification, alignment, and so on). RUNOFF would print out the formatted text, excluding the control words........... https://sebastiancarlos.com/the-origins-of-man-89ad9ecbd9e6 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 people don't say "run off a copy" anymore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 minute ago, crp said: people don't say "run off a copy" anymore? Not too much nowadays but a lot of us still read man pages.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Not too much nowadays but a lot of us still read man pages.. i liked info better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 9 hours ago, crp said: i liked info better. Info is formatted a little better but I always just default to man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I wanted to give Bropages a try. But alas, I can't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, wa4chq said: I wanted to give Bropages a try. But alas, I can't. Should there be womanpages as well? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 15 hours ago, sunrat said: Should there be womanpages as well? In an ideal world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 17 hours ago, wa4chq said: I wanted to give Bropages a try. But alas, I can't. http://bropages.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, securitybreach said: http://bropages.org/ Quote An error occurred during a connection to bropages.org. PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR Error code: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, abarbarian said: Weird, I get zero warnings or errors on firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 42 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Weird, I get zero warnings or errors on firefox. Worked fine for me, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, securitybreach said: Weird, I get zero warnings or errors on firefox. 1 hour ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Worked fine for me, too. I must have a dodgy Fire Fox then. I get a lot of those errors though lately never used to get so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 31 minutes ago, abarbarian said: I must have a dodgy Fire Fox Probably just how you have your FF security settings setup. But, actually, my FF is on strictest settings. You'd think I'd have the issues you're having... but am not. ^shrugging^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, securitybreach said: http://bropages.org/ 3 hours ago, securitybreach said: http://bropages.org/ Yes, I found their site. I wasn't really gonna use it. I hardly use man. Tnx all the same. Edited March 29, 2023 by wa4chq 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 19 hours ago, sunrat said: Should there be womanpages as well? Yes, I think it's called brapages. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 17 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Probably just how you have your FF security settings setup. But, actually, my FF is on strictest settings. You'd think I'd have the issues you're having... but am not. ^shrugging^ It is my add-on HTTPS Everywhere that is causing some difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 2 hours ago, abarbarian said: It is my add-on HTTPS Everywhere that is causing some difficulty. Yes, that notice popped up on my FF when clicking on that link above. It's just doing what it's supposed be doing... warning me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 BTW most of the browser now default to https anyway. I used to use that addin/extension but hasnt been needed in years. Firefox and Chrome based browsers will warn you about potential security but you can click I accept. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 In 2020 Firefox 83 released with 'HTTPS-Only Mode' that only loads HTTPS sites 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, securitybreach said: In 2020 Firefox 83 released with 'HTTPS-Only Mode' that only loads HTTPS sites Thanks. I think the old grey cell is deteriorating slowly in the background over here. I have that setting done already and made a tweak in about:config so I do not even need the HTTPS Everywhwere addon at all. So I have just uninstalled it. I posted info on what I have altered in FF in this thread https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/97682-stacer-a-linux-optimization-and-monitoring-tool/&do=findComment&comment=480523 just in case folk might find it of interest. http://bropages.org/ now works just fine. In truth I am appalled at how many very large companies still run http sites in 2023. Edited April 1, 2023 by abarbarian 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 3 hours ago, abarbarian said: In truth I am appalled at how many very large companies still run http sites in 2023. Yeah, its quite pathetic. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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