[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":142},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-12815889":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":30,"aspects":32,"strip":36,"post_text":28,"what":37,"said":51,"maker_in_thread":87,"shape":91,"grid":95,"attempts":105,"same_week":106,"maker_shows":92,"maker_hidden":135,"reader_version":136,"card":137},"12815889","helpmanual.io","A man page database that isn't awful","title","Show HN: A man page database that isn't awful","https:\u002F\u002Fhelpmanual.io\u002Fman1\u002Fman\u002F","scolvin",1477663378,2016,8,5,1991,2264,88,"shown","dev_tools","man page reference","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"man pages","command line help","unix documentation","manual pages","quiet",null,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":31,"critical":31},2,0,{"idea":33,"design":35},{"positive":34,"critical":31},1,{"positive":34,"critical":31},[14,31,31,14,31],{"problem":38,"audience":28,"pricing":28,"motivation":28,"time_to_build":28,"stack":49,"openness":50,"stage":50,"team_size":50},{"value":39,"source":40,"evidence":41},"Man pages are hard to read and find help for command line tools","inferred",[42,46],{"id":43,"by":44,"text":45},"12816140","jordigh","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…",{"id":47,"by":10,"text":48},"12816519","The groff format which is the basis for man pages is pretty unpleasant compared to it's modern equivalents, I suspect that's half the problem.",[],"unknown",{"praise":52,"objections":68,"requests":76,"questions":81,"alternatives":82},[53,61],{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Running commands with --help and variants to collect help output is a great feature","commenter",[57],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"12815968","mgliwka","The feature running the command with --version and --help and variations thereof is great :-)",{"value":62,"source":55,"evidence":63},"Good idea; suggests sourcing examples from command-line reference sites",[64],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"12823079","charlieegan3","I think this is great. Could it source examples? e.g. from: - http:\u002F\u002Fwww.commandlinefu.com\u002Fcommands\u002Fbrowse - http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bashoneliners.com - https:\u002F\u002Fbashhub.com -…",[69],{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Generating the database by running commands caused system side effects for the maker","maker",[73],{"id":74,"by":10,"text":75},"12816496","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…",[77],{"value":78,"source":55,"evidence":79},"Source examples from sites like commandlinefu and bashoneliners",[80],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},[],[83],{"value":84,"source":55,"evidence":85},"GNU info",[86],{"id":43,"by":44,"text":45},{"comments":30,"answered":31,"key":88},[89,90],{"id":47,"text":48},{"id":74,"text":75},{"commenters":92,"max_depth":30,"maker_replies":30,"first_comment_mins":93,"lifespan_hours":94},4,6,18,[96,98,100,101,103],[65,31,14,97,66,31],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[43,34,31,99,44,31],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[47,34,31,99,10,34],[58,30,14,102,59,31],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign",[74,30,31,104,10,34],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[],[107,112,117,122,127,131],{"id":108,"name":109,"points":110,"category":111},"12834327","sudo-touchid",347,"security_privacy",{"id":113,"name":114,"points":115,"category":116},"12843466","My first web app",297,"web_saas",{"id":118,"name":119,"points":120,"category":121},"12803860","Zone Messenger",194,"consumer_social",{"id":123,"name":124,"points":125,"category":126},"12838152","Fast Style Transfer",184,"ai",{"id":128,"name":129,"points":130,"category":111},"12802785","Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit",143,{"id":132,"name":133,"points":134,"category":19},"12842797","KQ",116,false,"v2",{"id":138,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":135,"cat":19,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rec":27,"s":28,"top":17,"kw":139,"maker":10,"domain":5,"tier":18,"attempts":31,"strip":140,"url":9,"mix":141,"praise":54,"objection":70,"sub":20},12815889,[23,24,25,26],"50050",[30,31,31,31],1793990949349]