RE: 4+ help systems
"Jacq, John" <[email protected]>
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-----Original Message----- From: Daniel C. von Asmuth [mailto:asmuth-8LkvcxCLB6JmR6Xm/[email protected]] > >I don't know about KDE or Gnoem except that they eat up CPU cycles and RAM. > >Did you notice how sometimes the man page ends by saying that you really >should be reading the info document, and when you fire up info you get >the same information. (GNU zealots sometimes resemble Jehovah's Witnesses) Except they don't come a-knocking on your door, they wait for you to call them. :^) But it is true that I never find anything more useful with info, than I do with man, and everyone I know turns to man first, even if the GNU people keep adding at the bottom of the man page that "the man pages are now deprecated and go and use info!". Apart from this tiny fault of character, you've got to admit they do great things! EOM NOTICE - This message and any attached files may contain information that is confidential and/or subject of legal privilege intended only for use by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information therein. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete the message.