At 6:32 PM -0500 12/2/06, Matthew Miller wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 08:12:34AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> On 02Dec2006 19:38, anne wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> | I panicked when I got an unexpected screen, thinking that I had actually
>> | accessed something else altogether. Naturally, then, I didn't think
>>of info,
>> | since it would tell me about the 'other' - OK - it might have answered
>> | question 1. As it turns out, it wouldn't have helped much, as it simply
>> | returns [... a useless menu...]
>> Info's usually annoying. Always start with "man units".
>
>or use "pinfo" instead of regular info, unless you are an emacs junkie.
Or, from last month's 'Why I hate "info"' thread:
$ konquerer info:bash
$ yelp info:bash
(firefox info:bash just wants to start yelp)
Or use Cameron Simpson's <http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/#key-doc>
to make an info page into a linearized man-style page. (I haven't tried
this one.)
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