> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 07:16:28PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> 2005/11/14, j l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> >>>> Here is one who does not miss info at all. man was >>>> there so why reinvent the wheel? >>> >>> Right, but the problem is if manual says only "see info". >>> >>> -- >>> Jaroslaw Swierczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> www.archlinux.org | www.juvepoland.com >> >>Easy answer...-> the author is a goof. i.e. Info files are not the >> PRIMARY standard, man files are, therefore it makes little sense to do >> things that way. > > AFAIK GNU has standardised on info, not man[1] (I don't particularly > thing that's a good thing, but it seems to be the way it is). Yes, many > info documents are available online, however in some cases they > aren't available in nice browsable formats[2].
Well perhaps, but in the larger *nix world, man pages rule. > > That Arch lacks info is a drawback (I haven't installed Arch yet), but > it doesn't deter me from installing Arch. If I miss info I'll have to > look into putting something together myself. > > /M Now this is a grown up reaction. If I need it, I will do something about it and not complain so someone else will do something about it for me. Bravo. Thanks for not whining. Very best regards; Bob Finch > > 1. http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ (first sentence) > 2. http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/index.html (comment on > HTML) > > -- > Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://therning.org/magnus > > Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. > Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship > by patent law on written works. > > A picture is worth a thousand words; unfortunately, it consumes the > bandwidth of ten thousand words. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
