On 2023-09-25 16:07, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
Dragan Simic writes:
[...snip...]
Here's an example session with which you can find, for instance,
warn_unused_result in the GCC manual:
$ info gcc
i warn_unused_result RET
This is something you couldn't do with a man-page and a pager, as
Dragan Simic writes:
[...snip...]
>> Here's an example session with which you can find, for instance,
>> warn_unused_result in the GCC manual:
>> $ info gcc
>> i warn_unused_result RET
>> This is something you couldn't do with a man-page and a pager, as
>> searching for 'warn_unused_result'
On 23/09/2023 18:22, James Feeney via GNU coreutils General Discussion wrote:
coreutils 9.3
coreutils/man/rm.x
Even though "rm" was modified,
Sat Apr 20 00:03:09 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
...
* rm.c (rm): Refuse to remove path/. and path/.., as well as `.' and
On 2023-09-25 14:25, William Bader wrote:
No, people used to regularly boggle at why info still exists:
I found info clumsy in the 80's but not out of line for 80's
technology. Using info now is like using lynx as a web browser.
There used to be gui versions like xinfo and tkinfo, but why have
>No, people used to regularly boggle at why info still exists:
I found info clumsy in the 80's but not out of line for 80's technology. Using
info now is like using lynx as a web browser.
There used to be gui versions like xinfo and tkinfo, but why have dedicated
readers for a special format
On 2023-09-25 13:19, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
Dragan Simic writes:
On 2023-09-25 12:58, Rob Landley wrote:
On 9/24/23 01:37, James Feeney via GNU coreutils General Discussion
wrote:
Sorry, that was probably a bit harsh.
No, people used to regularly boggle at why info still exists:
Dragan Simic writes:
> On 2023-09-25 12:58, Rob Landley wrote:
>> On 9/24/23 01:37, James Feeney via GNU coreutils General Discussion wrote:
>>> Sorry, that was probably a bit harsh.
>> No, people used to regularly boggle at why info still exists:
>>
On 2023-09-25 12:58, Rob Landley wrote:
On 9/24/23 01:37, James Feeney via GNU coreutils General Discussion
wrote:
Sorry, that was probably a bit harsh.
No, people used to regularly boggle at why info still exists:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnu/comments/240mle/why_does_gnu_cling_to_info/
On 9/24/23 01:37, James Feeney via GNU coreutils General Discussion wrote:
> Sorry, that was probably a bit harsh.
No, people used to regularly boggle at why info still exists:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnu/comments/240mle/why_does_gnu_cling_to_info/
markdown might be a better target than html because it is human readable and
many web sites can display it as html with wrapping text.
pandoc https://pandoc.org/ can convert LaTex and roff man to other formats like
markdown, RST, and html.
texi2roff can convert texi to groff -me, -mm, or -ms. I
On Sun, 2023-09-24 at 02:49 +0200, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
>
> Many standards come and go.
>
> Note that I agree that a better info viewer (and a better info on-disk
> format) are necessary, but groff -Tutf8 -mtty-char | less -R is not
> better. It lacks the ability to navigate or reflow (the
Sorry, that was probably a bit harsh.
James Feeney writes:
> On Sun, 2023-09-24 at 02:49 +0200, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
>>
>> Many standards come and go.
>>
>> Note that I agree that a better info viewer (and a better info on-disk
>> format) are necessary, but groff -Tutf8 -mtty-char | less -R is not
>> better. It lacks the
Mike Hodson writes:
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 12:47 Arsen Arsenović wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> James Feeney writes:
>>
>> > coreutils 9.3
>> > coreutils/man/rm.x
>> >
>> > Even though "rm" was modified,
>
>
>> the rm(1) man page completely fails to mention this particular POSIX
>> > promise.
>
>
>>
On Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 12:47 Arsen Arsenović wrote:
> Hi,
>
> James Feeney writes:
>
> > coreutils 9.3
> > coreutils/man/rm.x
> >
> > Even though "rm" was modified,
> the rm(1) man page completely fails to mention this particular POSIX
> > promise.
> Language should be added to the GNU rm
Hi,
James Feeney writes:
> coreutils 9.3
> coreutils/man/rm.x
>
> Even though "rm" was modified,
>
> Sat Apr 20 00:03:09 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
> ...
> * rm.c (rm): Refuse to remove path/. and path/.., as well as `.' and
> `..', for POSIX.
> ...
>
>
coreutils 9.3
coreutils/man/rm.x
Even though "rm" was modified,
Sat Apr 20 00:03:09 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
...
* rm.c (rm): Refuse to remove path/. and path/.., as well as `.' and `..', for
POSIX.
...
the rm(1) man page completely fails to mention this
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