Re: gettext-0.10.36 is released

[Henry Spencer]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > Most GNU packages have a texinfo manual instead. Manual pages are
> > maintained by volunteers working separately.
> 
> I don't understand why info pages are still used.  Man pages are the good-old
> way to document programs on Unix.  Everybody knows how to use them.  HTML is
> everywhere these days and supports links, pictures, etc.  So why add yet
> another file format?

Because the GNoids (to use a term a friend of mine invented) hated Unix
and couldn't possibly use a Unix text format for their documentation. 
Since they were going to replace it all, there was no need to be compatible.
This was back before HTML existed, and even if it had existed, they
probably would have decided it didn't suit them and invented their own
"superior" version anyway... 

                                                          Henry Spencer
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