Re: info --usage info

[Benno Schulenberg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:40:53 +0100
> > From: Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden>
> >
> > The output of 'info --help' mentions the -O option, but running
> > 'info -O info' just shows the first node, not the command-line
> > options node.  It works for all other programs, but not for
> > 'info' itself.  :|
>
> That's because you are trying it with the wrong Info file:

No, _info_ is doing it wrong.  When one wants to see the options of 
gawk, one does 'info --usage gawk', when the options of grep,
'info --usage grep', when the options of info, 'info --usage info'.  
How is one supposed to know that in order to read about info, one 
suddenly has to provide a different name?  'info' itself should 
know this and cleverly show the correct page.

> > In my opinion the info and info-stnd documents should really
> > become a single document.
>
> That would be good, but the problem is that info.texi is
> maintained by the Emacs project, while info-stnd.texi is
> maintained by the Texinfo project.

Rename the first to info-extra and the latter to info, and most of 
the problem is already solved.  Emacs should not name squat a file 
that another program needs.

Benno