> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:49:35 +0200
> From: Alessandro Rubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> [...] I don't like the tree structure in a
> reference manual. I much prefer a linear file. So I use info to learn
> new things and man to solve quick problems.
A linear file for a large manual can be very large. I doubt if it
would be efficient to search such a large file for relevant issues.
My recipe is `i', the index search; see below.
> > Sorry, I don't understand this comment. Why is it important that Less
> > is used for browsing source code as well?
>
> Because it's the tool everybody uses in daily work. I think "--vi-keys"
> may help, though.
I hope it will. Please report any problems you have with it.
> > Perhaps you should try the index-searching command in Info (press
> > `i'). I find it invaluable when using an Info manual as a reference.
>
> That's true, I use it a lot as well. However creating a good index
> requires a lot of resources, and I expect most documents to not have a
> good index.
At least as far as GNU documentation is concerned, the indices are
quite good, some of them are excellent. I suggest to try them.
> Maybe the feature I miss is a way to look at a whole document at once.
This feature already exists: type "info --subnodes FOO | less" to see
the entire manual for FOO as a single linear document.
