On Fri 26 Oct 2018 at 13:20:36 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 26 October 2018 10:41:54 Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Many man pages end with: > > > The full documentation for Ed is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If > > > the info > and XYZ programs are properly installed at your site, the > > > command > > > > > > info XYZ > > > > > > should give you access to the complete manual. > > But one never knows what the next keypress will do, so anyplace it > says "info" sub it to be "pinfo" which shows you the same data, but has > a sensible interface. > > > I have problems with that. > > Figures, its Richard O. :) > > > 1. I don't want to install unneeded packages just to find out whether > > or not the package might be useful. > > 2. The info output has an annoying format. A browser acceptable format > > {plain text fine -- HTML *NOT* needed} is MUCH more functional. > > Agreed, a good man page is the best. I've no clue why there seems to be > an aversion to a man page that has to be scrolled to read it all. All of > us have up/down arrows on our keyboards, and 99% have a mouse wheel, so > there is no excuse that holds water to not put it all in the man > page. "man bash" if you man page authors want to see what a real man > page looks like.
An excellent man page. Intended for masochists and those who have all the time in the world to read and absorb it. :) -- Brian.