http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77514/what-is-gnu-info-for http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77514/what-is-gnu-in... Quoting from the link above:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77514/what-is-gnu-info-for http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77514/what-is-gnu-in... Quoting from the link above: ADDENDUM: While not strictly relevant to the question, note that man pages are still considered the standard documentation system on free Unix-like systems like those running atop the Linux kernel and also the various BSD flavors. For example, the Debian package templates encourage the addition of a man page for any commands, and also lintian checks for a man page. Texinfo is still not widely used outside the GNU project. Which I can confirm and concur with. Long story short, I would forget GNU info, because it is an invention not suitable to the task at hand, which is efficient and fast lookup of information in a reference manual.