[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > >>>>> "John" == John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > John> * GNU Info has an awkward interface and is difficult to > John> search. It is also nearly impossible to print an entire > John> manual from the files in the info directory. > > Difficult to search? Did you read its help page at all? ('?' in the > standalone version, 'h' inside one of the emacsen.) Press 's', and > enter a search string/regexp, and *bang*, you're there. You can call
I much prefer a grep-style output, listing the line (and possibly the context) of each hit. That way, I know immediately which ones are relevant instead of having to continually reposition through the document. > Why print it? :-) If you want a printed copy, you start with the > texinfo source, and make a dvi from it. Sometimes a printed manual is much easier to work from than an on-screen version. How do I make a dvi from the stuff installed into /usr/info? AFAIK, that is not possible... > I think that TeXinfo is better thought out, by people with far > greater experience, than Linuxdoc SGML is. There is a sgml2info program. > It can't be that hard to learn, either. If you can write a program, > you can write texinfo. -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .