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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