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[return to "Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only"]
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1. enjo+p2[view] [source] 2014-01-25 17:31:37
>>_yfoe+(OP)
This is great. I'm really just looking for examples most of the time I'm looking through a man page anyways.

As for the "bro"trevorsy that is brewing in these comments. Lighten up for crying out loud.

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2. benatk+N6[view] [source] 2014-01-25 18:27:25
>>enjo+p2
"Lighten up" doesn't solve anything. I'm not against jokes but the implying man in man pages means male and not an abbreviation of manual is exclusionary.

http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/

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3. sroeri+Xc[view] [source] 2014-01-25 19:53:52
>>benatk+N6
Maybe most people's first reaction to the man command is that it refers to men. Maybe the man in manual is interpreted in early programmers heads as meaning men. Maybe it's part of the nomenclature that is the fabric of the current, male dominated programming scene.

Maybe naming this tool 'bro' is a satire of both bro culture and rtfm style exclusionary patriarchy. I dunno. Maybe not.

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