On 31 July 2015 at 19:42, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Michael Convey <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:11:10 -0700 >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> For experienced users, who likely know where to look, such a tool is less >> useful. However, for the less-experienced user, it is invaluable. > > You should use "info --apropos" instead. That searches the index > entries, and so is much more likely to find the issue you are looking > for than a brute-force search for words. Maintainers of GNU manual > put a lot of effort into providing good end extensive index entries > that cover every subject discussed in a manual, so searching indices > is much more efficient. I suggest to try it.
Nonetheless, I think a "search subnodes" command could be useful. For example, for searching a sub-tree of a manual that pertains to a particular subject, e.g. (coreutils)Directory Listing. This would work for searching all Info files, provided they are accessible via (dir).
