Public bug reported:
The info command in Ubuntu 18.04 lacks it's own info page. This means
that hitting "H" from within info to get a list of key bindings fails,
as well as invoking info with "info info."
In GNUs infinite wisdom, many terminal utilities lack a proper man page.
These man pages include a short description of the program, then direct
the user to run info for the complete documentation. "man info" is a
great example of that where it includes a few command line options, and
no information on what keys are used to navigate through the system
(except to press H, which fails because the info documentation is
missing).
** Affects: texinfo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
The info command in Ubuntu 18.04 lacks it's own info page. This means
that hitting "H" from within info to get a list of key bindings fails,
as well as invoking info with "info info."
- In GNUs infinite wisdom, many terminal utilities lack a proper man page
- which directs a user to run the info command.
+ In GNUs infinite wisdom, many terminal utilities lack a proper man page.
+ These man pages include a short description of the program, then direct
+ the user to run info for the complete documentation. "man info" is a
+ great example of that where it includes a few command line options, and
+ no information on what keys are used to navigate through the system
+ (except to press H, which fails because the info documentation is
+ missing).
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Title:
info missing help docs "info info" and "H" command return error
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