On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:39, Benedict Verheyen wrote: >> Hi, >> For instance, a lot of man pages for me don't really >> help me. They give me a clue yes, but do not provide >> all the help i need. >> >I'm using Woody and there seems to be an info page for >most commands which generally is more helpful than the >man page. Contrast this with Mdk which just opens up the >man page when you info anything. > >Bob Docs are very much a personal-preference item, but I must say I find the info pages awkward. Jumping about between nodes in a hypertext tree is much more awkward than scrolling up and down a man page. Same applies to the HOWTOs, though otherwise I quite like them. Dead trees, unfortunately, have it, at least until it's easy to get monitors with four times the screen area of my current 17 inch, a control device something like a mouse with pages, and a transparent way of scribbling notes into the file. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
