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From: Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com>
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 07:52:18AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Toby Thain wrote:
> 
> >GNU understood the difference, and wrote separate manuals (e.g. `info
> >bash`, `info bison`, etc).
> 
> GNU "info" is one of the most non-intuitive interfaces that I've ever had
> the displeasure to use.  Or maybe that's just me...
> 
> -- Dave

It's not just you, it's anyone who prefers vi to emacs.
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