On Fri 26 Oct 2018 at 15:13:20 -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote:
>
>
> Richard Owlett wrote on 10/26/18 9:41 AM:
> > Many man pages end with:
> >> The full documentation for Ed is maintained as a Texinfo
> >> manual. If the info > and XYZ programs are properly
> >> installed at your site, the command
> >>
> >> info XYZ
> >>
> >> should give you access to the complete manual.
> >
> > I have problems with that.
> > 1. I don't want to install unneeded packages just to find
> > out whether or
> > not the package might be useful.
> > 2. The info output has an annoying format. A browser
> > acceptable format
> > {plain text fine -- HTML *NOT* needed} is MUCH more
> > functional.
> >
> >
>
> I agree, and I have found a lot of info "complete manual"s
> to be exactly like the man page!
Please give an example.
--
Brian.
