9 Apr
2008
9 Apr
'08
2:15 p.m.
On Wednesday 09 April 2008 11:37, Richard wrote:
In article <47FCCC2B.20507 at gmail.com>,
Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> writes:
I wonder how hard it would be to extract the stuff from wherever "info" is
keeping it and stuff it into a man page?
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Seconded (thirded, too ;-)
I've always got along really well with man pages. info just seems very
clumsy in comparison - as though some idiot decided that what people
really needed was a web-a-like interface to the documentation, but then
did a really brain-dead job when it came to actually implementing it.
The worst part is when they intentionally cripple the man page and
force you into the awful info system. Most of the time, I can either
take or leave the GNU/FSF attitude about things, but shoving this info
crap down my throat really makes me want to kick them in the
collective nuts. Just give
me a nice plain flat page and let me do the searching
myself. That's what the '/' key is for.
Absolutely. That "info" nonsense is bloody awful!