17 Sep
2019
17 Sep
'19
11:07 a.m.
Larry McVoy wrote:
My comment on the info stuff was just my understand of
why it came to be.
Probably no one knows any more.
Quick history recap:
- First there was the old plain text INFO which was more like Unix' man.
- Then there was the new hypertext INFO built on EMACS.
- GNU info copied ITS' INFO.
When I ask ITS people about this old plain text INFO, they don't even
remember it.
I think it's reasonable to assume they thought the new hypertext format
with links was more intriguing technology than plain text files.