On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 09:34:45AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
-> On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 04:26:49PM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote:
-> ->
-> -> > doc/manual.txt may be there, but for reading on line and searching it is
-> -> > nearly useless.
-> ->
-> -> Not true. Get a decent text viewer. For instance less.
->
-> Lars, it comes across as a bit arrogant to say, if you don't like the way
-> we do things, then change the way you do things.
->
-> Less is all very well and good, but I use Emacs for a reason: I know how
-> to use its advanced search and multi-windowing capabilities, and would
-> prefer a common denominator file format that lets me and anyone else,
-> regardless of their predelictions for viewers, use it.
->
-> Now, if there is an Emacs mode, I'd like to hear about it. I expect that
-> those who use VIM might like to hear about a VIM equivalent.
To partially answer my own question, Francis J. Wright's WoMan (Without
Man) mode for Emacs does a very nice job. It lets you read man pages in
Emacs, which gives you all the searching and text manipulation and viewing
tools of Emacs. I haven't used man for several months
now. http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/
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