helpmanual.io
Dev tools
man page reference
SHOW HN2016
8points
5comments
#1,991of 2,264 in 2016
Top 88%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Running commands with --help and variants to collect help output is a great feature
From 1 comment
The feature running the command with --version and --help and variations thereof is great :-)
mgliwka on HN
Good idea; suggests sourcing examples from command-line reference sites
From 1 comment
I think this is great. Could it source examples? e.g. from: - http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse - http://www.bashoneliners.com - https://bashhub.com -…
charlieegan3 on HN
Objections
Generating the database by running commands caused system side effects for the maker
From 1 comment
Thanks. It's pretty nasty to generate. Lots of commands do horrible thinks when run with "--help" or "-h". Running it for ~8000 commands cause about 100 "something went wrong…
scolvin on HN
Requests
Source examples from sites like commandlinefu and bashoneliners
From 1 comment
I think this is great. Could it source examples? e.g. from: - http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse - http://www.bashoneliners.com - https://bashhub.com -…
charlieegan3 on HN
Alternatives named
GNU info
From 1 comment
So, this is what GNU info was supposed to do, twenty years ago. And yet, everyone hates info because they can't figure out the interface and they want manpages. Or because info…
jordigh on HN