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Bug 651935 - seahorse manpage references non-existent info documentation
seahorse manpage references non-existent info documentation
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: seahorse
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal trivial
: 2.26.0
Assigned To: Seahorse Maintainer
Seahorse Maintainer
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-06-05 15:16 UTC by Andreas Moog
Modified: 2011-06-06 20:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
patch (760 bytes, patch)
2011-06-05 15:16 UTC, Andreas Moog 		none Details | Review

Description Andreas Moog 2011-06-05 15:16:32 UTC 
Hi,

the seahorse manpage contains a "See Also" section which points to "info seahorse" for a complete manual, yet there is no texinfo documentation available.

Trivial patch attached.

Cheers,

Andreas
Comment 1 Andreas Moog 2011-06-05 15:16:56 UTC 
Created attachment 189269 [details] [review]
patch
Comment 2 era+gnome 2011-06-06 10:59:10 UTC 
Could the SEE ALSO section point to the on-line help instead?

<soapbox mode=bitter>A proper manual would actually tell you how to use the program, but I guess that's not required by Gnome.</soapbox>

Seriously, though, if there is a way to use seahorse from the command line (for example, add a key to the keyring, or obtain a key from the keyring), it would be vital to document how to do that somewhere.  To a command-line user, the manual page should be the natural place to look for this information, if you do not want to bloat the Yelp documentation and/or don't expect power users to read it.
Comment 3 Stef Walter 2011-06-06 20:33:42 UTC 
Sadly, there's not really a way to use keyrings from the command line. It's a desirable feature, but not one that anyone has taken the time to patch.

Thanks Andreas, applied your patch to the master branch.