On Sat, Feb 19, 2005, Matthias Kurz wrote: >On Sat, Feb 19, 2005, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 19, 2005, Matthias Kurz wrote: >> >> > I would prefer HTML-docs (->texi2html). >> >> With the regular info(1) command the .info files are fully useless IMHO. >> But with pinfo(1) (see our "pinfo" package) they are as good to read as >> the results from texi2html are with w3m(1). > >Well, but i use mozilla. In my opinion "info" is an ancient format. For >me, it has always been "horrible" stuff, especially because of the key >bindings and navigation functions of all the info viewers.
Don't let Richard Stallman hear you saying negative things about info :-). It's one of the basic tenets of the GNU/Religion. My preferred way of dealing with info files is ``less *.info'' although it's usable with konqueror using info:gcc or similar commands. >HTML is pretty much standard today. HTML documentation is much easier to >handle and to integrate in modern, web based environments, where the >browser is the central. I still much prefer the crufty old man command with PAGER='less -r' (forget the stupid -E option that kicks me out when I ``G'' to the end of the file :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.'' -- Richard Feynman ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List openpkg-dev@openpkg.org
