Re: Why I hate "info"

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><quote who="Timothy Murphy">
>> <flame>
>> Am I alone in thinking that the info program
>> encourages bad documentation?
>> <snip...>
>> </flame>
>
>I'm not sure if it does or not but I find it difficult to navigate info. 
>I'm a man page nut but once it refers me to the info documentation, I'm in
>trouble.  Perhaps I just haven't taken enough time to learn info but man
>seems to work well enough...  All the fancy navigation just confuses my
>old brain.  It's kinda like emacs vs vi to me.  I'm just a simple vi man. 
>Emacs has a lot of fancy features but I just want to get the job done.
>
>
>Down with info!  Man forever!!!  LOL

I totally agree. And if I want to print the stuff out for later
reference, info is useless. And what about 'man -k' (aka 'apropos')...

Terry.



>
>Let the flames begin.  I'll just hide behind this firewall with my flame
>retarding underwear on.  :)
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