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In a message dated 3/22/99 10:21:50 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL
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labs.com writes:
Force of habit, I suppose Maybe it's time to remove the man pages for
those programs that also have info pages, eh?
Don't remove the manpages. And
HM == Hamish Moffatt schrieb am 24 Mar 1999 23:19:54 +0100:
HM IMHO, the info browser (in emacs or standalone) adds little
HM functionality over a plain HTML document, except that it is much
HM less accessible for non-emacs users.
I disagree. What if you don't have lynx installed and _need_
On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 10:24:29AM +0100, Holger Schauer wrote:
MB == Mark Brown schrieb am 23 Mar 1999 03:32:21 +0100:
MB everything-HTML conversion seems to be the most likely route
MB for those that want a standard interface at present.
I am strongly against having a _single_ interface
On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 10:24:29AM +0100, Holger Schauer wrote:
IMO man pages serve as a quick thorough overview and should be as
compact as possible. Info pages serve IMO a different need: they
should provide detailed information, perhaps for some more obscure or
advanced features. If _then_
On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 11:55:08AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
Now isn't there a utility that will create 'man' pages out of 'info'
ones? If so then at least some current information may be presented
in man format for those of us that are more used to the 'older'
This would be hard - the
MB == Mark Brown schrieb am 23 Mar 1999 03:32:21 +0100:
MB everything-HTML conversion seems to be the most likely route
MB for those that want a standard interface at present.
I am strongly against having a _single_ interface to
documentation. Diversity is a good thing, IMHO, especially in
Olaf Rogalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This would be wonderful!!! Only one single point from where to search for
documentation. If you ever executed a command like
find /usr -type f|xargs egrep -li 'proxy|squid'
then you know, that a central point for documentation would be a great time
I have to admit, there is a bit of truth to this, alot of people just don't
have the time to read 18 different documents in 18 different locations. Man
pages, info pages, FAQs, HOWTOs, mini-HOWTOs, READMEs, INSTALL docs, package
descriptions... it is a bit daunting. I do feel that
I also agree with the idea of having a single starting point for
documentation. And something I kind of wonder about - why are there always so
many documents for a given program? Can't they be combined into one document
devided into sections? With info pages, you can get to any specific section
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Force of habit, I suppose Maybe it's time to remove the man pages for
those programs that also have info pages, eh?
Don't remove the manpages. And don't start an info vs. man war, either,
please!
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In a message dated 3/22/99 10:21:50 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
labs.com writes:
Force of habit, I suppose Maybe it's time to remove the man pages for
those programs that also have info pages, eh?
Don't remove the manpages. And don't start an info vs. man war,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've no intention of starting a flame war - but the fact remains, if the man
pages are no longer being supported by developers, there's no sense including
them in the man pages package. It just adds to the confusion.
Not true. If the manpage says this manpage is
Could someone tell me how to read info pages / find out what info pages
are available? I know this is probably a dumb question, but I don't seem to have
an info topic command - so does info use a different kind of syntax to man
or is it a special package or what?
Thanks!
Tim
[EMAIL
In a message dated 3/22/99 10:21:50 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
labs.com writes:
Force of habit, I suppose Maybe it's time to remove the man
pages for
those programs that also have info pages, eh?
Don't remove the manpages. And don't start an info vs. man war,
Timothy Hospedales [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Could someone tell me how to read info pages / find out what info
pages
are available? I know this is probably a dumb question, but I don't seem to
have
an info topic command - so does info use a different kind of syntax to man
or is it
Timothy Hospedales wrote:
Could someone tell me how to read info pages / find out what info
pages
are available? I know this is probably a dumb question, but I don't seem to
have
an info topic command - so does info use a different kind of syntax to man
or is it a special package
I have to admit, there is a bit of truth to this, alot of people just don't
have the time to read 18 different documents in 18 different locations. Man
pages, info pages, FAQs, HOWTOs, mini-HOWTOs, READMEs, INSTALL docs, package
descriptions... it is a bit daunting. I do feel that anyone
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