On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 14:47 -0500, Tom Diehl wrote: > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006, AragonX wrote: > > > <quote who="Timothy Murphy"> > >> <flame> > >> Am I alone in thinking that the info program > >> encourages bad documentation? > >> <snip...> > >> </flame> > > > > I'm not sure if it does or not but I find it difficult to navigate info. > > I'm a man page nut but once it refers me to the info documentation, I'm in > > trouble. Perhaps I just haven't taken enough time to learn info but man > > seems to work well enough... All the fancy navigation just confuses my > > old brain. It's kinda like emacs vs vi to me. I'm just a simple vi man. > > Emacs has a lot of fancy features but I just want to get the job done. > > > > > > Down with info! Man forever!!! LOL > > +99 > > > Having said that, pinfo is slightly easier to use and understand than info. > > IMO there are very few bigger pieces of garbage out there than info pages. > > The only reason I use them at all is, because I am forced to endure the pain > of them, if I want ANY documentation for programs that insist on using them. > > IMO, The person who invented them should be shot!! ---- not exactly big picture thinking here... man pages and info have long roots and have been a necessary part of documentation. you can always open a konqueror window and use a web browser for them... info:bash man:smb.conf Craig
