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Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark
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John Gardner |
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Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark |
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Mon, 17 Feb 2020 20:56:25 +1100 |
> ??? Have you actually used stand-alone `info` recently? In its
> standard configuration, you only need the arrow keys together with the
> enter key to navigate.
That's not what I'm talking about. In Emacs, I'm used to smashing `c-h o`
to bring up the documentation for the symbol at point. In info(1), I've no
idea where or what to even begin searching for to find a symbol's
documentation. info(1) without Emacs feels like a fish out of the water.
To Texinfo's credit, it *is* decent at producing well-structured and neatly
typeset manuals (going by my copy of *Programming in Emacs Lisp*, which was
generated from Texinfo). Its output is, IMHO, best when it's confined to
one long page (for easier searching); I have the HTML versions of GNU
manuals bookmarked for that reason.
However, none of the above merits can't already be achieved with a
well-written macro package in Troff, either.
On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 20:38, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >> The info stuff alienates anyone who is not an emacs fan
> >
> > The standalone info(1) program, though? Please. I'm not going to
> > learn a second set of keybindings just to navigate online help.
>
> ??? Have you actually used stand-alone `info` recently? In its
> standard configuration, you only need the arrow keys together with the
> enter key to navigate. The tab key also works quite similar to most
> GUI applications to move from one field to the next. As with `less`,
> the space key moves one page down, the backspace key one page up. You
> press 's' to do a search. For compatibility with `less`, you can even
> press the '/' key to start a search.
>
> >> The info stuff alienates anyone who is not an emacs fan.
>
> This might have been true ten years ago, but it definitely is no
> longer today. Please, I ask everyone to do a fact check before
> stating things that are simply not true.
>
> I won't say more on this topic. We are on a groff list.
>
>
> Werner
>
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, (continued)
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, John Gardner, 2020/02/16
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Larry McVoy, 2020/02/16
- [groff] An alternative to info(1) ?, Mike Bianchi, 2020/02/17
- Re: [groff] An alternative to info(1) ?, Ulrich Lauther, 2020/02/17
- Re: [groff] An alternative to info(1) ?, Jan Stary, 2020/02/17
- Re: [groff] An alternative to info(1) ?, Nate Bargmann, 2020/02/17
- Re: An alternative to info(1) ?, Morten Bo Johansen, 2020/02/17
- Re: An alternative to info(1) ?, Nate Bargmann, 2020/02/17
- Re: [groff] An alternative to info(1) ?, Marc Chantreux, 2020/02/18
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Werner LEMBERG, 2020/02/17
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark,
John Gardner <=
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Colin Watson, 2020/02/17
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Dave Kemper, 2020/02/17
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Deri, 2020/02/17
- Re: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Ingo Schwarze, 2020/02/18
- RE: man Macro Package and pdfmark, Jeff Conrad, 2020/02/16