Re: Info Problem

Bijan Soleymani schrieb: On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:54:56PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: . . . I forgot to erase you. Bijan Did you want to write 'erase you' or was it erase 'you' ? Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Info Problem

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:54:56PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:41:27AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > You brilliantly miss the somewhat minor point that the info document > > *isn't* a single page, readily searchable, and accessible via a single > > command-line st

Re: Info Problem

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:54:56PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > Cool well if the only problem is that you people like man format better ^^ Oops! I didn't mean to write you people. First I meant to write you. Then I decided to write people. But I f

Re: Info Problem

On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:41:27AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > 5) It splits a programs docs into multiple pages. > > > > Again you can convert it to html all on one page. > > You brilliantly miss the somewhat minor point that the info document > *isn't* a single page, readily searchable, an

Re: Info Problem

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:58:26PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote > Well, for values of "anywhere" equalling "take it up with Richard", > yes. But no specific movement. Among the reasons for polishing > my man vs. info debate was preparation for a formal proposal. > Which still hasn't happened.

Re: Info Problem

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:02:46 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 08:23:19PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:59:09 +, > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >

Re: Info Problem

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 08:23:19PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:59:09 +, > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Eh? The code is GPL. The person in question was perfectly aware of > > this and licensed his code the same way. *No* li

Re: Info Problem

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:59:09 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 05:33:46PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:58:15 +, > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >

Re: Info Problem

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 05:33:46PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:58:15 +, > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:58:26PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > On a more practical note: copyright would pass

Re: Info Problem

I wrote: > I don't think [the right of reversion] has any effect at all [on Free > Software]. I believe it only affects transfers, not licenses. I just did some research and it appears that I was wrong. See Looks like the best thing to do abo

Re: Info Problem

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:58:15 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:58:26PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:59:01PM +, Colin Watson > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:

Re: Info Problem

hendrik writes: > I don't know what jurisdiction he was in, but in the United States I'm > told that copyright reverts to the widow upon an author's death, to such > an extent that she can renegotiate all publication contracts! No. Copyrights are heritable property and contracts are binding on th

Re: Info Problem

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:58:26PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:59:01PM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:33:22AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > As does DocBook and man. Deprecating man in favor of Info is _not_ > >

Re: Info Problem

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:58:26PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:59:01PM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:33:22AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I've spoken to Brad Kuhn about this specifically. > > > > ISTR speaking to

Re: Info Problem

on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:59:01PM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:33:22AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > As does DocBook and man. Deprecating man in favor of Info is _not_ > > acceptable. Period. Nor does it meet Debian policy. > > The latter isn

Re: Info Problem

On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:33:22AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > As does DocBook and man. Deprecating man in favor of Info is _not_ > acceptable. Period. Nor does it meet Debian policy. The latter isn't an argument, I'd note, more an observation of fact. The rest of the world doesn't have to

Re: Info Problem

on Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:04:44PM -0500, Adam Garside ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 07:08:53AM +0800, csj wrote: > > On 5. December 2003 at 8:33AM -0800, > > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani > >

Re: Info Problem

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 07:08:53AM +0800, csj wrote: > On 5. December 2003 at 8:33AM -0800, > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > [...] > > > > For example if you hate dealing with info

Re: Info Problem

On 5. December 2003 at 8:33AM -0800, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [...] > > For example if you hate dealing with info > > RTFL. > > It's not just the reader. It's the document structure.

Re: Info Problem

"Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:00:10PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> 5) It splits a programs docs into multiple pages. >> >> Again you can convert it to html all on one page. > > You brilliantly miss the somewhat minor point that

Re: Info Problem

on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:00:10PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > RTFL. > > > > It's not just the reader. It's the document struct

Re: Info Problem

"Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > RTFL. > > It's not just the reader. It's the document structure. I read the damn thing! Here are your section headings: 1) It attempts to replace, not augment,

Re: Info Problem

on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What's wrong? Info Sucks And Must Die. > > > > Old but good: > > > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/InfoVsManpage > > Info may not be so great. RTFL. I

Re: Info Problem

"Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's wrong? Info Sucks And Must Die. > > Old but good: > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/InfoVsManpage Info may not be so great. But most Info files are generated from Texinfo sources. Texinfo is ok. The only problem as I see it is that it's

Re: Info Problem

on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:58:43PM +, Alan Chandler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Every time I try to run info I get the following error message > > info: Cannot find node `Top'. > > I tried re-installing with an apt-get install --reinstall info > > But that didn't help > > Whats wrong here,

Re: Info Problem

Walter Dnes writes: > With man, I can hit "/" (the slash key) and type in a character string to > look for, and the entire document gets searched in a second. "/" works fine in info for me. Have you ever tried "info info"? Of course, you could just forego installing packages the use info documen

Re: Info Problem

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:14:59AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote > Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 06:29:55PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote > >> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:58:43PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > >> > >> > Whats wrong here, and what should I do to fix i

Re: Info Problem

Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 06:29:55PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote >> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:58:43PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: >> >> > Whats wrong here, and what should I do to fix it? >> >> Don't use any software that requires the incredibly stupid "info"

Re: Info Problem

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 06:29:55PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:58:43PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > Whats wrong here, and what should I do to fix it? > > Don't use any software that requires the incredibly stupid "info" > program to get help? Okay, probably not pract

Re: Info Problem

Hello Alan! On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:58:43PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: Every time I try to run info I get the following error message info: Cannot find node `Top'. I tried re-installing with an apt-get install --reinstall info But that didn't help Whats wrong here, and what should I do to

Re: Info Problem

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:58:43PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > Whats wrong here, and what should I do to fix it? Don't use any software that requires the incredibly stupid "info" program to get help? Okay, probably not practical. How does dwww work? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Info Problem

Every time I try to run info I get the following error message info: Cannot find node `Top'. I tried re-installing with an apt-get install --reinstall info But that didn't help Whats wrong here, and what should I do to fix it? -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

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