Template talk:Man
Discussion about template parameters
Hi Gavlee,
I can foresee some problem with having the {{man}} template the way it is currently. It could lead to broken links. For example if someone inputs {{man|ifconfig}} into the template (which is a decently common command), the link looks good, but the page does not exist on man7.org (ifconfig is not part of core-utils). I might suggest adding a couple more parameters to the {{c}} template that will add a link to the man page. Perhaps rawlink=http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/bash.1.html and link=man1/bash.1. What do you think? --Maffblaster (talk) 15:55, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
- After almost 7 years this discussion should now be closed.
I will do the work to the template.--Maffblaster (talk) 20:54, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Proposal: Include section number in presentation
In using this template on the libinput page today, i encountered the issue of two different man pages with the same name, but different section numbers, not being distinguishable - libinput(1) and libinput(4). i end up using the 'raw' parameter so that i could provide custom text which includes the section numbers.
i know of at least one other instance of this; there's groff(1) (the binary) and groff(7) (the roff language). i imagine there are probably others.
My suggestion would be that the template include the section number alongside the presented name, as is customary. Any objections or concerns?
-- Flexibeast (talk) 05:08, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry no not get back to you sooner Alexis (flexibeast) . Very good idea, and I see you are on it now. You can get in touch in #gentoo-wiki (webchat) if you want to talk about templates at all ;). -- Ris (talk) 23:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- No worries - done, thanks! -- Flexibeast (talk) 23:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Proposal: Use manpages.debian.org instead of man7.org
A number of the man pages i want to link to - most recently, bt-obex(1), bt-network(1), mako(5) and makoctl(1) - are not available on man7.org, with the result that i'm manually linking to manpages.debian.org. Is there any reason to not use manpages.debian.org rather than man7.org?
-- Flexibeast (talk) 02:35, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- i've just gone ahead and made the change. Feel free to revert if necessary.
- -- Flexibeast (talk) 05:26, 11 September 2024 (UTC)