Re: what are the "standard" programming tools available in Debian?
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 12:52:24PM +0530, venu wrote:
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> >> > as for other bits of the toolbox, you need to use manpages, (perldoc
> >> > has perl info, the C ones are harder to find; I don't think there is
> >> > one
> manpage
> >> > that lists all the other C-based manpages..) grep, find, and maybe
> >> > other bits too.
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> For C/C++ man pages beautifully organised ... tried gnu "info" ? good
> documentation on GCC , GLIB , GDB etc and "hyperlinked" !! btw: info
> pages for cp, ls , ln are also verrry informative.... !! my students (and
> myself) learn from them...
Venu, you speak the truth, the info pages are full of information, but
honestly (and no offense to RMS) -- info isn't the easiest program in the
world to master. I *do* wish info had vi-bindings. Maybe it is just me, but
the vi bindings seem very intuitive after only a few years. :) Anything else
just seems silly. Since I never use it (feels wierd, like speaking russian)
I never think of it.
So, to the original poster -- do check the info docs. ("info" is enough to
get there. :)
(NO! Not flame-bait! Just my not-so-humble opinion... :)
I would be more inclined to use info if I could use it similar to vi.
(Hmmm... senior-project -- write an info-to-vim converter? Nah, they would
never go for that... but it sure would be NICE! :)
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