On 12/02/2024 05:42, Collin Funk wrote:
Hello, I noticed an old FIXME note in coreutils.texi and TODO about
info pages for these programs. Is there still a need/desire for them?
I notice that `man [' opens the manpage for `test' so I assume there
isn't much need for a separate one. When opening the man page for
pinky the SEE ALSO section shows the following:

      Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky>
      or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pinky invocation'

Since the page doesn't have a section the link leads to a page not
found screen and info will say it cannot find the given node. I think
that, if anything, it would be nice to have a pinky section just so
people aren't linked to an invalid page from the generated manual. I
would be willing to write it but I figured I should ask for thoughts
here first.

'[' is described in the 'test' man and info pages,
so that's probably best to leave as is.
Actually we should add '[' to the index,
which I've now done like:

  @pindex test
 +@pindex [

A basic info page for pinky would be appreciated.

thanks!
Pádraig

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