On 10/28/2018 12:48 AM, Russell Senior wrote:
You mean something like this?
https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html
No cigar. <chuckle &/or groan>
For "ed" that would more than the required content.
The _apparent_ purpose is to remind an competent user of options.
A good "info" would guide a new/infrequent user in how he might
typically use it.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 8:51 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
*Are online copies of textinfo content available?*
Many man pages end with:
The full documentation for Ed is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info > and XYZ programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info XYZ
should give you access to the complete manual.
I have problems with that.
1. *I don't want to install unneeded packages just to find out*
*whether or not the package _might_ be useful.*
2. The info output has an annoying format. A browser acceptable format
{plain text fine -- HTML *NOT* needed} is MUCH more functional.
I posted this question to [email protected] .
The replies totally ignored my primary question and reason I asked
[emphasized in this copy].
Side question:
Could I have made any clearer what information I was looking for?
TIA
You might have included a prefatory remark like this: "I used the likely
keywords, x, y, and z, in a google search and I couldn't manage to find it"
and then not needed to be clear at all in your query, because no query
would be needed.
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