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Re: ed man page


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: ed man page
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:34:42 +0300

> From: Harald Dunkel <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:13:50 +0200
> 
> traditionally ed(1) was *the* reference for sed and others
> as well. Today the man page just lists some ed command line
> options, urging the reader to use info.
> 
> Sorry to say, but "info ed" is no replacement. The layout in
> separate pages and the request to "navigate" the document
> somehow is a distraction.

If you want to see the man(1)-like description of how to invoke a
program, run 'info' with the -O switch, as in "info -O ed".



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