Mike wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, CaT wrote:
>
> >
> > Ok. I've -tried- to use the 'info' system. I've tried to like it. But I
> > don't. I really really don't. I like man. Man is simple. Easy to find
> > stuff in man. Man is nice. but since the FSF folks insist on using info
> > over man it means manpages for their stuff tends to suck. Soo.... I was
>
> I completely agree with you.
>
> > wondering if anyone knows of an info to man converter that I could
> > use to update my manpages with and get rid of the info ones. I don't
> > like having to approach documentation with dread. :/
> >
> As far as I know, there isn't. I believe that there is an info to html
> converter out there somewhere (although I don't know where).
>
> Emacs can view info files slightly better that 'info', but it is still
> next to useless IMHO.
If you're using KDE, the KDE help system has a nice interface to the
info pages.
It's also great to use for man-pages. Creates hyperlinks to navigate
around the documents.
I agree, info is not the easiest document system to use, but the KDE
frontend makes it simple.
Regards,
Jonathan Kop ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
