From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id cfe5e792 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 23:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DC68EA271C; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:39:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A251BA26E7; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:38:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CF5C1A26E7; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:38:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from relay01.pair.com (relay01.pair.com [209.68.5.15]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82352A26DC for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:38:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (unknown [87.112.26.42]) by relay01.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D17D00B12 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:38:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (orac.inputplus.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by orac.inputplus.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E28A215C0 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 23:38:32 +0000 (GMT) To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society From: Ralph Corderoy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-reply-to: <26292231.693.1542401951390.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> References: <26292231.693.1542401951390.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 23:38:32 +0000 Message-Id: <20181117233832.9E28A215C0@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Hi Jim, > > 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... > > I would cringe anytime I had to use "info" ... I always wondered where > it came from >From somewhere that didn't fit in well with Unix. Its saving grace is piping info(1) made it just dump all the text, skipping its UI, e.g. `info gcc | less'. Because it used to print formatting progress to stderr!?, it used to need less's `G' then `g' to skip to the end, getting all the formatting work out of the way, and then back to the start to redraw the screen, dumping the stderr. -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy