| ▲ | jrmg 3 hours ago | |||||||
Does anyone here actually use the GNU info documentation? | ||||||||
| ▲ | mook 29 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
I use it in particular for bash, mostly because it has better expositions for parameter expansions. To the point that I know searching for "%%" in particular will get me to the correct section. For everything else… I think it's also necessary for GNU find expressions? | ||||||||
| ▲ | advisedwang 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I use the online versions, e.g. https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/index.htm.... In this form they are pretty good documentation (although that is usually due to being comprehensive and adequately written, nothing really to do with info beyond supporting adequate structure). | ||||||||
| ▲ | SoftTalker an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
No. I have no idea how it works, it's like being a new user in vi and not knowing how to quit. | ||||||||
| ▲ | teddyh 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I use it all the time, preferring it to everything else¹. Especially when reading the Python documentation. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | ho_schi 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
No. Every man page is better, concise, easy to access. GNU Info should be like a browser but it makes something simple into something complicated. | ||||||||
| ▲ | kevin_thibedeau 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
I occasionally use gnu info. My favorite tool is pinfo which has a man mode that adds navigable links to cross references in man pages and can shell out to hyperlinks. I usually have that aliased as man. | ||||||||