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The FreeBSD Browser: why, what, and how

Posted by michael on from the man-on-steroids dept.

Rich Morin writes "The FreeBSD Browser, a "proof of concept" demonstration from the Meta Project, is also quite a useful tool. Given a path name, man page reference, or list of keywords, it can bring up a swath of relevant files and man pages. A recent article in FreeBSDzine discusses why the browser is useful, what it does, and (to a degree) how it works. Please give it a try..."

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  1. Bah... by Moderator · · Score: 2

    In a few months a similar program will be in Debian and everybody will be rejoicing it as the greatest thing since apt-get.

    Great innovation by the BSD guys. Unfortunately, they never get any publicity for getting things right...
    Give us free!
    GIVE US FREE!

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