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   codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:58 JST codl

   i like systemd but i really wish there was a command to create a service file from a template with all the most common keys

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:47 JST codl

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     gnu info apologists do not approach me. go kick out your sex pest guru and leave me alone

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:50 JST codl

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     like when the program is cat or yes then fine the manpage is like two screens tall you dont need navigation. but stuff like rsync? ugh

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:52 JST codl

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     can we admit once and for all that man sucks

     the program i mean

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:54 JST codl

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     real strong sysadmin read manpage in terminal window but i am fake weak sysadmin and i like to be able to navigate to sections in a table of contents

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:55 JST codl

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     also it would be nice if the systemd manpages on freedesktop were... nicer

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:58:57 JST codl

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     i dont write service files often enough to remember which keys go in which sections

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 02:05:38 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @codl Strange one is how the mdoc dialect from BSDs even has ability to properly link to a section, yet as far as I know BSDs don't have a manpager that's more like w3m/lynx/…