On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 06:50:47PM -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > %% Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | Sorry, I somehow missed that paragraph. I just can't operate info > | :-/ > > cs> You may want my "man" script, which presents info as one of the > cs> choices for manual pages. More to the point, it parses info files > cs> and turns them into a single flat text document, which of course > cs> you browse with your pager as with ordinary manual entries.
Yes, please! That's exactly what I need! > Info is quite accessible if you spend a few minutes learning the > command set--there are only about 10 keys :). I have spent five years and can not get the hang of it. > In particular, the "s" (search) and "i" (index lookup) are critically > important to know. Once you know these you can do more with Info that > you can do with either man pages or HTML. I really don't want to rant about the interface of info here. Let it suffice to say that I absolutely *hate* hierarchical documents. And info operates a bit like vi, a bit like lynx and a bit like emacs, but not quite. That totally confuses me. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
