Sergey Poznyakoff wrote: > [Matthew wrote:] > > ...and I don't care for reading a tome when all I want is to > > know what option follows symlinks. > > You don't need to. There is a concept index as well as option > index, which allow you to quickly find whatever you want
Sorry, no way. Man pages are simply searchable with </>string, and then repeated <N>s to find other occurrences. In info one has to type </> and <Enter> repeatedly, which is majorly awkward. Plus man highlights the searched string, where info just places the cursor. Furthermore, man pages are scrollable by line, whereas info pages are paginated, which is majorly annoying, making the eye lose the point of reading. (Info's help says ESC ESC [ B scrolls forward one line, but it doesn't: it moves the cursor down one line, or scrolls half a page -- or gets stuck at the bottom of a node, which is infuriating. Compared to that, having just one flat file is heaven.) > > man pages are IMO more readable than --help output. > > Tastes differ. In my opinion both are equally awkward. Like Matthew already implied: piping --help output into less is more typing, plus all formatting with bold and underline is gone. These latter things greatly improve readability, giving the eye something to hold on to. Benno
