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 2d07a991 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D877BA2719; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:45:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC90A26E0; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:45:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A863CA26E0; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:45:26 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 6971 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:45:26 AEST Received: from neener.bl.org (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 601C293FC6 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:45:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from www.bl.org (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]) (authenticated bits=0) by neener.bl.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id wAHEnEtq001841 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 08:49:14 -0600 (CST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 08:49:14 -0600 From: Michael Parson To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Organization: BL dot ORG In-Reply-To: <4c36b2b2-76df-435f-27bc-e1feb0647f36@case.edu> References: <201811160003.wAG03mlF139232@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20181116045016.GK3341@mcvoy.com> <7a632484-cdc7-7c59-7077-7a2c752045da@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <4c36b2b2-76df-435f-27bc-e1feb0647f36@case.edu> Message-ID: X-Sender: mparson@bl.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.6 X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]); Sat, 17 Nov 2018 08:49:14 -0600 (CST) 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" On 2018-11-16 14:56, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/16/18 3:52 PM, 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... > > If you don't use emacs, you won't like it. I don't like gnu info, but when I do need to read those docs, I use pinfo instead, which is more like using lynx to read basic hypertext docs. -- Michael Parson Pflugerville, TX KF5LGQ