From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 24 12:28:38 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F7037B401 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:28:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE26843FCB for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:28:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18nPDH-000K8k-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:28:35 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id B2CFDC6C1 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:28:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 8A39D19E2 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:28:23 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 2C725225F2; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:28:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:28:24 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GNU programs & texinfo docs vs. manpages [was: Re: linker paths & /usr/local/lib] Message-ID: <20030224202824.GB603@raggedclown.net> References: <20030223152808.GA1391@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> <20030223165133.79e9aa2b.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <20030224011724.GA296@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> <20030224080534.61fa0166.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <20030224073911.GA10158@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> <20030224194808.GC594@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030224194808.GC594@gothmog.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:48:08PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2003-02-24 18:39, Sam Izzo wrote: > > > Most of the GNU tools are better documented in the info pages, as > > > they consider man pages legacy. info ld might turn up more > > > detailed info. > > > > You know, I've read/heard that many times over the years, but > > whenever I look at the info page for whatever tool I'm after, it's > > exactly the same as the man page (in the ld case too). > > That's not always true. I personally committed the change in the > manual page of sdiff(1) both to -current and -stable, to make sure > that the incomplete, lacking manpage has minimal changes from the > vendor version but *does* point to the texinfo docs of diff/sdiff > which are more complete than the manpage. > > GNU people do hate manpages annd avoid them some times :( > Yes, the most aberrant product of GNU is "info". Praise be to info2html, which at least makes them usable. Navigating info pages is like having teeth pulled without novocaine. Long live manual pages..keep us Unix oldies happy :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message