Re: man -- info?

2000-05-20 Thread Dave Thayer
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 09:29:11AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 02:33 AM 05/18/2000 -0600, Dave Thayer wrote: I think that the package you're looking for is dwww. It needs an httpd installed (boa is nice and lightweight), but it is well worth it. Dave, thanks a lot. I want to try

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-20 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Fabrizio == Fabrizio Polacco [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fabrizio info docs are guides, while manpages are pages of the Fabrizio reference manual. Both type of docs are needed, as they Fabrizio serve different purposes, but only the reference is Fabrizio required. That attitude, to abhor

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-20 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, 18 May 2000 09:29:11 -0500, you wrote: I want to try it, but apt-get wants to re-install an entire server and tools for me, I have a stable apache+jserv, and don't want to install another http server. Any way to convince apt to just get the add-on tool? Have a look at the equivs

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-18 Thread Fabrizio Polacco
On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 10:06:33AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 05:19 PM 05/17/2000 +0300, Fabrizio Polacco wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 06:50:43AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: Why are man pages abandoned for info? Only FSF do that. Debian _requires_ manpages for all. -- but many

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-18 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:20:17PM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 05:35 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:10:16AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 05:53 AM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: . Perhaps you'd enjoy the dhelp package. It's not

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-18 Thread Gregory Guthrie
At 02:33 AM 05/18/2000 -0600, Dave Thayer wrote: I think that the package you're looking for is dwww. It needs an httpd installed (boa is nice and lightweight), but it is well worth it. Dave, thanks a lot. I want to try it, but apt-get wants to re-install an entire server and tools for me,

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-17 Thread Richard Klinda
Hoi Gregory, ALL! Gregory Why are man pages abandoned for info? Info requires emacs Gregory knowledge to navigate, and are text only. Check out pinfo (in doc section), it's a terminal based info-browser and it has a very intuitive interface. -- ignotus

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-17 Thread Fabrizio Polacco
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 06:50:43AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: Why are man pages abandoned for info? Only FSF do that. Debian _requires_ manpages for all. Info requires emacs knowledge to navigate, and are text only. Man at least has xman viewer. ever tryed man -X page ?? if it's

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-17 Thread Gregory Guthrie
At 05:19 PM 05/17/2000 +0300, Fabrizio Polacco wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 06:50:43AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: Why are man pages abandoned for info? Only FSF do that. Debian _requires_ manpages for all. -- but many man pages say not maintained, use info. so it is not just formatting

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-17 Thread Gregory Guthrie
At 09:27 PM 05/16/2000 +0200, Richard Klinda wrote: Hoi Gregory, ALL! Gregory Why are man pages abandoned for info? Info requires emacs Gregory knowledge to navigate, and are text only. Check out pinfo (in doc section), it's a terminal based info-browser and it has a very intuitive

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-17 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 09:27 PM 05/16/2000 +0200, Richard Klinda wrote: Hoi Gregory, ALL! Gregory Why are man pages abandoned for info? Info requires emacs Gregory knowledge to navigate, and are text only. Check out pinfo (in doc section), it's a terminal

man -- info?

2000-05-16 Thread Gregory Guthrie
Why are man pages abandoned for info? Info requires emacs knowledge to navigate, and are text only. Man at least has xman viewer. Is there any option? Have man pages been html'ed for Debian? I have seen some INternet sites with man pages online.. Thanks.

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-16 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 06:50:43AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: Why are man pages abandoned for info? They aren't for everything... Info requires emacs knowledge to navigate, and are text only. Man at least has xman viewer. Well, there's the standalone info program, tkinfo, the

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-16 Thread Gregory Guthrie
At 05:53 AM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: . Perhaps you'd enjoy the dhelp package. It's not perfect, but it works through your browser and will render info and man pages as html on the fly using (info2www and man2html). -- Where can I get info on this? Thanks.

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-16 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:10:16AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 05:53 AM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: . Perhaps you'd enjoy the dhelp package. It's not perfect, but it works through your browser and will render info and man pages as html on the fly using (info2www and

Re: man -- info?

2000-05-16 Thread Gregory Guthrie
At 05:35 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:10:16AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: At 05:53 AM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: . Perhaps you'd enjoy the dhelp package. It's not perfect, but it works through your browser and will render info and