TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

I like the idea of tldr pages. Unfortunately, by default, they are a bit too slow to display—I know it's under a second, but it's just enough to break my flow.

Fortunately, there are other clients, some of which are much faster. My current favorite is tealdeer:https://github.com/dbrgn/tealdeer

Re: TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

#6

Post by presiozo » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:01 PM UTC

Nice idea. Also, I think that an ELI5 command would be really useful, too

Re: TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

#7

Post by FabHK » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:02 PM UTC

There was a previous HN discussion of "bro", can anyone comment on the differences?

"Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7121268

Re: TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

#8

Post by fredley » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:04 PM UTC

FabHK wrote: post #7

There was a previous HN discussion of "bro", can anyone comment on the differences? "Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7121268

tldr has a better name.

Re: TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

#9

Post by FabHK » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:07 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #8

FabHK wrote: post #7

There was a previous HN discussion of "bro", can anyone comment on the differences? "Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7121268

tldr has a better name.

Having skimmed the endless discussion about the "bro" name, I have to agree.

Re: TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

#10

Post by FabHK » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

FWIW, can be installed on macOS with brew:

  brew install tldr

EDIT to add: and so can the faster (caching) Rust version (note: install one or the other, not both, since they use the same `tldr` command)

  brew install tealdeer