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Re: [PATCH 1/2] help: use man viewer path from "man.<tool>.path" config var

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XMXavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org>
Date
Mar 21, 2008, 01:00 UTC
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<200803210100.m2L10Emt031103@localhost.localdomain>
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<7vabkv7t4c.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
   As a general rule, if you allow the user to explicitly say "instead of
   what you would normally use, use _this_", you should not try to outsmart
   the user by using something else that you derived from that "_this_" the
   user gave you.
I second that.
	Xavier
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  1. 1/2 help: use man viewer path from "man.<tool>.path" config varChristian Couder, Mar 18, 2008
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  5. Christian CouderMar 21, 2008
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  7. Christian CouderMar 25, 2008
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  9. Christian CouderMar 26, 2008
  10. Xavier MaillardMar 23, 2008
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