On 22 Aug 2000, Alan Shutko wrote:
>> man basename is much easier than:
>>
>> info libc
>>
>> Then search for an hour.
>
>Actually, you can do
>
>info libc
>
>i printf
>
>(You can't do basename since it's not documented at all.)
Cool. I'll use printf() instead of basename then.
>Or
>
>s basename
>
>to search through it.
To search through what? printf?
>> Easier to locate stuff in a linear document. Why cant they make
>> LINEAR hypertext documents?
>
>It is linear. You can keep hitting space and page through it
>linearly.
No it is not linear. I want to hit page up and page down and go
up and down through a document like the keys are labeled. Oh
wait, let me guess.. if I press C-x M-z P I'll go up a page...
A linear text document has a top and a bottom, and it scrolls
continuously down the screen as you go down, and up when you go
up. _that_ is what I want. Hypertext links will be fine if they
stay in this doc.
In other words, take a text doc, convert it to a single HTML
page, put some links in it there and there, a TOC, and INDEX, and
a bunch of <NAME> anchors and you've got basically what I'm
looking for... I can use LYNX easily, but info doesn't cut it
for ease of accessing information. A more appropriate name for
the program is "impossinfo" or "deinfo" or even better
"info-withnobasenamedocumentation". ;o)
Heheh. Don't you love trashing programs that suck? ;o) Gets
some steam off... ;o)
Take care.
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