François Pinard wrote:
[Randall R Schulz]
On Wednesday 12 December 2007 15:14, Anders Johansson wrote:
...
using the info:/ url in konqueror makes reading info pages less like
a nightmare
To read the info page for bc in a format that won't make you cry,
just go to info:/bc in konqueror
That is what I do when I must read info pages. Unfortunately, it has
become broken on my 10.0 system and I haven't taken the time to track
down the problem.
Hi, people. I did not follow this thread, so maybe that I repeat things
that were already said -- sorry then. Please read me correctly: I'm
only sharing opinions here on a friendly tone, not at all trying to
aliment any kind of flame. Keep a smiley in your hearth!
Merely call "info info" to know how to use the standard GNU "info"
reader (within a terminal -- that's a curses application). Type "h"
early on this page to get a small and child-easy tutorial.
I'm surprised when people say that it is a nightmare to read Info format
documentation, as it is really a very simple thing to do, for anyone
with any small drop of good will. Nightmares, I would better understand
for those having had a bad life and consequently, agitated sleep :-).
But I'm kidding a bit, and know that some people who cannot stand Info
are mouse addicts, while "info" requires the keyboard. For those who do
not know, the keyboard is that big huge mouse next to the usual one,
absolutely full of buttons, and which does not slide very well! :-)
The simple truth is that Info never succeeded at taking over man pages
in Linux. It would have been a good thing: Info is a superior
documentation format in many ways. But life is that the amount of
existing man pages is overwhelming, so all in all, and as sad as it is,
Info is not practical, even if it would have been better.
I'm not fully sure, but I think Info format even predates HTML.
There was influences, and observable similarities for a few tag names.
Some people, not liking Info, very well accept HTML, even if still not
man pages. Yet, most HTML browsers are less capable than an average
Info reader, when it comes to indices, wide searches, and a few other
useful things. And printed Info (more precisely, Texinfo) is of superb
typographical quality, compared to almost any HTML, which is fairly
crude by comparison. On the man pages side, I quite agree that the
typographical quality is very acceptable, much better than HTML! :-)
Dude
I've been using Unix since 1983
Info is confusing as hell to anyone who doesn't use emacs
on a daily basis.
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