Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark

[John Gardner]

> The info stuff alienates anyone who is not an emacs fan

I'm an Emacs fan, and I also find the Info system abhorrent and confusing.
It's a different story if you're using Emacs, because the Info system is
well-integrated and as easy to navigate as any other buffer (and most Emacs
users will have customised keybindings at that point, so browsing help
isn't weird and confusing).

The standalone info(1) program, though? Please. I'm not going to learn a
second set of keybindings just to navigate online help.

Let's face it: the beauty of the man page format is its straightforwardness
and simplicity. Neither of which the Info system has.

On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 13:52, Larry McVoy <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 12:21:43AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> >
> > > And at this point, the man(7) language is better maintained and
> > > appears to have more of a future than texinfo, which has been a lame
> > > duck now for at least half a decade, probably longer:
> > >
> >
> > Uh, oh, no idea why you bash texinfo from time to time.
>
> I rarely post here but I'm definitely in the man page format over texinfo
> camp.  Info means you have to learn emacs to navigate.  Guess what?
> A lot of the world loves vi over emacs but the vi guys did not make you
> learn vi to read docs.
>
> The info stuff alienates anyone who is not an emacs fan.  That's why
> people don't like info.   Documentation should be inclusive, info is
> exclusive.
>
>