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Re: Gripes with "info" Command


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Gripes with "info" Command
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:09:20 +0300

> Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:17:41 -0800
> From: Dave Jarvis <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> What I cannot stand is the whole "for more details on this command see 
> the info pages." I have tried that on a couple of occasions. I usually 
> wind up quite frustrated.

Next time try _using_ the tools, not getting angry at them.

If you can give a couple of real-life examples of information you were
after, I promise to show you how this information can be found in a
matter of seconds using Info facilities.

> man pages, for those in the know, are incredibly useful, often extremely 
> well written, and undoubtedly succinct.

As I already told, "info --usage" gives you the same functionality.




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