xmacro has a README containing decsription and command line parameters, but it is not linked to "man xmacro"

Bug #110818 reported by Motin
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xmacro (Debian)
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xmacro (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xmacro

After installing the package xmacro (command line based keyboard and mouse recorder), a documentation file is installed in /usr/share/doc/xmacro/README

Running "man xmacro" however, complains there is no manual post on xmacro. The same for man xmarcorec, man xmacrorec2 and man xmacroplay.

All of these commands should instead show a manpage containing the information in /usr/share/doc/xmacro/README

NOTE: There is a Debian bug reported at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330199 but I find it unusable, since the bugreport is not actually a report for a missing man page, but a request of support. The bugreport author has clearly misunderstood the purpose of the application as well.

I will not comment on the Debian bugreport since m e-mail then would be left open, published on the net for spam harvesters to go.

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Motin (motin) wrote :

Binary package hint: xmacro

After installing the package xmacro (command line based keyboard and mouse recorder), a documentation file is installed in /usr/share/doc/xmacro/README

Running "man xmacro" however, complains there is no manual post on xmacro. The same for man xmarcorec, man xmacrorec2 and man xmacroplay.

All of these commands should instead show a manpage containing the information in /usr/share/doc/xmacro/README

NOTE: There is a Debian bug reported at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330199 but I find it unusable, since the bugreport is not actually a report for a missing man page, but a request of support. The bugreport author has clearly misunderstood the purpose of the application as well.

I will not comment on the Debian bugreport since m e-mail then would be left open, published on the net for spam harvesters to go.

Jeff Anderson (jander99)
Changed in xmacro (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in xmacro (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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