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bug #24052: man page info.1 is nearly useless

Submitted by:  dan pritts <danpritts>
Submitted on:  Tue 12 Aug 2008 07:59:55 PM UTC  
 
Category: infoRelease: 4.12
Priority: 5 - NormalSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: docPrivacy: Public
Open/Closed: ClosedAssigned to: None
Status: None

Tue 22 Feb 2011 07:20:47 PM UTC, comment #1:

As usual with GNU programs, I don't want to duplicate all the information from the real manual in the man page. However, from your report I did realize that info.1 was lacking the usual "SEE ALSO" section pointing people to the Texinfo manual. I've added that now.

Thanks,
Karl

Karl Berry <karl>
Project Administrator
Tue 12 Aug 2008 07:59:55 PM UTC, original submission:

Hi,

Just struggling with weird behavior in find and went looking through the texinfo doc for find. I was reminded of how hard it's always been for me to grok the "info" program.

So I broke down and looked at the manual page...which told me nothing about how to actually use the program. Nothing about the keybindings, what a texinfo document is, etc.

Giving a brief summary of the useful command keys would go a long way.

Looking at your NEWS it looks like you've made some strides to make info easier to use for the uninitiated, which i applaud, thank you very much.

dan pritts <danpritts>

 

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