RE: man v. info
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
> I really agree with this. I find 'info' very frustrating;
[...]
> As to what to do about it, I can only suggest
> "reinstate the man pages in full". I know it's
> not 'kosher' to disagreee with the GNU "info
> policy", but I think that those who do disagree
> should say so. After all, it'a a Free and Open
> World, isn't it?
Yup, info pretty much blows. It's very counterintuitive and completely
unapproachable to the uninitiated. The only real decent interface for
info is info2html, and it *still* blows because the only people who use
info are GNU and nobody else...
--
Baloo
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