on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:40:46AM +0100, Carel Fellinger (cfelling@iae.nl) wrote: > On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 08:38:49PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:44:17AM +0100, Carel Fellinger (cfelling@iae.nl) wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 03:07:41PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > ... > > > > I ***DESPISE*** info. The pinfo alternative helps somewhat, but the > > > > basic concept still sucks. It should be scrapped for a searchable > > > > format based on HTML, XHTML, or preferably something like DocBook > > > > capable of creating multiple output formats. > > > > > > I don't get this, just as I don't understand people bashing Stallman. > > > What is it in the program that is so horrible to ***DESPISE*** it? > > > ...all of Karsten's objections snipped > > Help, I didn't mean to start a war, Whaddya expect if you fly your hijacked civillian email plane into the spiritually symbolic twin towers of man and info ;-) > I was only surprised by the vehement nature of your dislikes, but > I think I see. The main problem you and others have with info are: > > 1) you don't know the keys to use No. For the nth time: it's the binding of content to a specific browsing tool. > 2) the FSF put a ban on manpages Yes. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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