Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.3-rc4

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 4, 2007, 16:08 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708041706200.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <46B4A35E.5040601@midwinter.com>

Hi,

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Steven Grimm wrote:

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> David Kastrup wrote:
> > A system such as info, in contrast, is hierarchical, and organized
> > with indexes and cross references making it much easier to find
> > things.
> 
> Really? I find info a huge pain in the butt most of the time. I can't just do
> a simple text search for the information I want in the relevant manpage;

I see the same.

> Am I alone in my dislike of info, I wonder?

There are so many reasons not to switch to info, but what you illustrated is a very good one of those.

But yes, if you have the time, and it would be fun for you (before your battery runs flat), I'd appreciate a small script to do a quick-and-not-so-dirty conversion. Heck, if you use some kind of object orientation, I might be talked into providing the html backend.

Ciao, Dscho