On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 04:12:40AM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > HOWEVER: That man pages are displayed in succession without any > structural aid is subobtimal. The attached image shows the transition > from the older to the newer man page – this is hardly noticeable while > scrolling fast. Would it be possible that `info` constructs a menu, > something like > > ``` > * Menu > > * foo(1) (from '/usr/local/share/man/man1') > * foo(5) (from '/usr/local/share/man/man5') > * foo(1) (from '/usr/share/man/man1') > * foo(5) (from '/usr/share/man/man5') > ``` > > and positioning the cursor at the first hit so that the user only has > to press ENTER a second time to get the default? BTW, this menu could > be even extended for manpages from other locales (in case this is easy > to get, since 'man -a' doesn't deliver them), or at least from the > locale 'C' in addition to the current one.
It's probably possible but would be quite a bit of work to implement so is unlikely to happen. It would depend on what information could be got from 'man' or other commands.
