David Wright wrote on 01/02/17 15:41: > On Sun 01 Jan 2017 at 12:39:26 (+0100), Xen wrote: >> rhkra...@gmail.com schreef op 31-12-2016 15:12: >> >>> But, info pages could work. >> >> Yes, let's propose that. They are just impossible to navigate if you >> are not an insider. > > I don't know what an "insider" is. > > I have no problem navigating them. I usually consult them with the function > > $ info --output=/dev/stdout --subnodes "$1" | less > > which works well with PageUp/Dn. > >> The fact that pretty much no one uses them is not a red herring at all. > > How would one know that no one uses them? > > Cheers, > David. >
A nice tool for reading man pages as well the info pages is emacs. For info pages, start emacs and do "Ctrl-h i". Then you can navigate the info pages with the mouse-pointer and -buttons. You can do a local search in the current page with the emacs-typical "Ctrl-s" and even a global search through all sub-pages with just "s" and entering the search term. Man pages can be displayed with "Esc-x man Ret" and entering the name your searching a man page for. The name can be completed with "Tab". Regards, jvp.
