On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 10:59:23AM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > All that Will said about the man pages is true, and I completely agree > about the need for examples; I to have wasted hours fighting syntax > errors, all the while with an ugly feeling that I might not even be > trying the right command or option. > > General advice based on things I've done: > > 1. Use less as you man pager, learn the search tools. > 2. Start by searching manpages for 'example'. > 3. Use info -- it will run man-pages for programs that don't have info > pages, and programs that do have info pages usually have good > documentation.
And for those who, like me, don't like the key bindings in info, check out pinfo, apt-get install pinfo. Bec
