2009/6/5 Kirk Strauser <k...@strauser.com>: > On Thursday 04 June 2009 04:17:56 pm Chris Rees wrote: > >> Info is horrible to use as a quick reference, because as Polytropon >> said earlier, you can't just dive in to get something specific. The >> info is split into (arbitrary????) sections, through which you have to >> tread, and jump around hyperlinks all over. > > In fairness, a good info browser (eg Emacs) makes searching in an info doc > trivially easy. I think the biggest problem is that /usr/bin/info is horrid > and people lump their impression of it onto their impression of info docs as a > whole. > -- > Kirk Strauser
Is there a 'quick' way to use emacs instead of info? Like info-emacs topic? I've remembered why I hate the info browser so much; it reminds me of the 'help' included with MS-DOS 6.22. Anyone remember that? Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
