17 Sep
2019
17 Sep
'19
3:48 a.m.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 07:42:28AM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
On Mon, 16 Sep 2019, Clem Cole wrote:
I think, someone correct me if I'm wrong, the info stuff was designed
to handle larger, more complex stuff, with a table of contents, etc.
Something like perl could fit in one info doc but the perl man page is
not a thing, it's just a series of pointers to more man pages.
Fair enough, but be careful, while I admit I have
not looked in a while,
info(gnu) relies on emacs keybindings and a number of very
emacs'ish??things. Every time I have tried to deal with it, I have
unprogram my fingers and reset them to emacs.
Yep, which is why I like "info" as much as I like EMACS i.e. not at all.
What exactly is wrong with the manpage format? It tells you everything you
need to know, and tells you where to find further information.