Why I hate "info"
David A. De Graaf
dad at datix.us
Sun Nov 19 21:43:54 UTC 2006
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:56:38PM -0700, Craig White wrote:
> man pages and info have long roots and have been a necessary part of
> documentation.
>
> you can always open a konqueror window and use a web browser for them...
>
> info:bash
> man:smb.conf
>
And in which man page is this cryptic notation documented??? :-)
The firefox browser may be the single program that most desperately
needs a man page. There are mysteries inside enigmas ... in this SW.
IMHO, a program that lacks a man page isn't worth using.
Unfortunately, that seems to include the majority of new stuff.
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David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC
dad at datix.us www.datix.us
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