Onebit — Unix project manual

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<header><b>onebit.</b><span>small tools / clear intentions</span></header>
<div class="manual">
  <aside>
    <a href="#overview">overview</a><a href="#install">installation</a
    ><a href="#principles">principles</a><small>v0.8.4<br />portable C99</small>
  </aside>
  <main>
    <p class="path">home / tools / onebit</p>
    <h1 id="overview">Do one useful thing.</h1>
    <p>
      Onebit is a fictional collection of tiny command-line utilities. Each tool reads a stream,
      makes one careful change and gets out of the way.
    </p>
    <h2 id="install">Installation</h2>
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      <button id="change" data-os="source" aria-pressed="false">source</button
      ><button data-os="bsd" aria-pressed="true">BSD</button
      ><button data-os="linux" aria-pressed="false">Linux</button>
    </div>
    <pre><code id="command">pkg install onebit-demo</code></pre>
    <small class="disclaimer">Illustrative commands for a fictional package; do not run.</small>
    <h2 id="principles">A few principles</h2>
    <dl>
      <dt>Small enough to understand</dt>
      <dd>The interesting part should fit on a printed page.</dd>
      <dt>Text is an interface</dt>
      <dd>Readable input. Predictable output. Useful errors.</dd>
      <dt>Less configuration</dt>
      <dd>Good defaults leave more room for doing the work.</dd>
    </dl>
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    <footer class="demo-note">
      Fictional brand · local interface demo · no information is sent
    </footer>
  </main>
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