Re: man or info?
Peter De Wachter writes:
> - There doesn't seem to be any way to scroll line-by-line or two lines at
> a time (like lynx with Insert/Delete)
True.
> - There doesn't seem to be any way to search on regexps
True.
> - When a page has a footnote, info feels a need to put it in a window
> that fills half the screen, which you can't get rid of (as far as I
> know).
I get a window just large enough for the footnote.
> which you can't get rid of (as far as I know).
^X-1 works for me. ESC-^f brings them back.
> Maybe these things are answered in the documentation, but 'info info'
> gives documentation on another program,...
info info -> Getting Started -> Using Stand-alone Info
> When info starts, it tells me that I can press Ctrl-h for help, but that
> just crashes the program.
Here it splits the screen and shows a list of commands with descriptions.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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