Re: 4+ help systems

On Wednesday 17 September 2003 15:00, Jacq, John wrote:
> 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!

Actually, I've never liked "info".  I can see what they are trying to do 
(linked data and handling large documents), but they lose all the 
advantages of linear text (and its slow to navigate).

I actually like the combination man/info pages.  The stuff I want most 
often (arguments and usage) are in the man page and I rarely have to 
drudge through the info screens.

-Dan