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From: Will Kemp on 21 Dec 2008 02:01 Nix wrote: > On 15 Dec 2008, Will Kemp verbalised: > >> Tony Houghton wrote: >>> It has one advantage over HTML, you can do a client-side search over a >>> hierarchy of pages (something that would have been a good idea for "Web >>> 2.0" now I think of it). >> Interesting. I guess you'd have to manage to navigate your way around 'info info' to work out how to do it though! ;-) > > 's' isn't a very hard keystroke to just guess, and 'h' gives you quick > help that also describes 's'. Searching doesn't help you if you don't know what you're searching for. It's ']' etc that never seem to do what i expect them to do. And i've often had to use ^C to get back to where i started from! -- http://NovemberEchoRomeoDelta.com
From: Ian Rawlings on 21 Dec 2008 02:01 On 2008-12-20, Nix <nix-razor-pit(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote: > It's more that with texinfo (not info: nobody writes *info* pages > anymore), we can produce printed books (via texi2dvi or texi2pdf), man > pages (via texinfo2man or texi2pod/pod2man), a set of web pages (via > makeinfo --html), or even the horrible info pages. There's quite a few man pages that have short, basic overviews of a command then refer the reader to the info pages for full documentation, that's really annoying! -- Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/sets/
From: Ian Rawlings on 21 Dec 2008 02:03 On 2008-12-20, Nix <nix-razor-pit(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote: > 's' isn't a very hard keystroke to just guess, and 'h' gives you quick > help that also describes 's'. "/" also seems to work. -- Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/sets/
From: Nix on 21 Dec 2008 11:17 On 21 Dec 2008, Ian Rawlings said: > On 2008-12-20, Nix <nix-razor-pit(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote: > >> It's more that with texinfo (not info: nobody writes *info* pages >> anymore), we can produce printed books (via texi2dvi or texi2pdf), man >> pages (via texinfo2man or texi2pod/pod2man), a set of web pages (via >> makeinfo --html), or even the horrible info pages. > > There's quite a few man pages that have short, basic overviews of a > command then refer the reader to the info pages for full > documentation, that's really annoying! Yeah, those need improvement :) -- `We must stand together and fight for our shared cultural heritage as a group of people who cannot stand together to fight for our shared cultural heritage.' --- jspaleta on Balkan balkanization
From: Neil Ellwood on 21 Dec 2008 12:44
On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:01:54 +0000, Ian Rawlings wrote: > On 2008-12-20, Nix <nix-razor-pit(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote: > >> It's more that with texinfo (not info: nobody writes *info* pages >> anymore), we can produce printed books (via texi2dvi or texi2pdf), man >> pages (via texinfo2man or texi2pod/pod2man), a set of web pages (via >> makeinfo --html), or even the horrible info pages. > > There's quite a few man pages that have short, basic overviews of a > command then refer the reader to the info pages for full documentation, > that's really annoying! Just think of it resembling a book that uses footnotes for more info, -- Neil reverse ra and delete l Linux user 335851 |