Bruce Marshall wrote:
info is an abomination in my opinion. It is very non-intuitive and I'm sorry, I don't want to take the time to learn it. (if possible)
I tried an info file just this week and had a hard time fighting my way out of it.
Using Konqy to read an info file isn't bad.... but doesn't work in a console session or any place where konqy isn't.
Just my $.02
Agreed! and I want to add two more cents :-) I usually check bash manpage to remember the syntax of some shell script commands (if, case, while, etc). As 'case' being a somewhat rare word in texts, I type: $ man bash<enter> /case<enter> nn and I reached the right section. Using info: $ info bash look for "Basic Shell Features" look for "Shell Commands" look for "Conditional Constructs" another way could be like that: $ info bash look for "Reserved Word Index" look for "case" (the first that will bring "Conditional Constructs" page) much more difficult to remember, not to mention my classification problem: 'if' should be under "Shell Builtin Commands" or "Basic Shell Features"? -- Marcos Lazarini