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Programs reflect the character of those who wrote them. That's why using GNU stuff is such a pain (for me, at least.) They are the most fastidious, unforgiving
by etatoby 8y ago
Programs reflect the character of those who wrote them.
That's why using GNU stuff is such a pain (for me, at least.) They are the most fastidious, unforgiving, unhelping pieces of software to ever be written.
- 6031769 8y agoIndeed. The most singularly maddening thing to read in a man page is undoubtedly "The full documentation for foo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and foo programs are properly installed at your site, the command info foo should give you access to the complete manual."
- etatoby 8y agoYes, that is some next level BS. Why should I learn to use an arcane thing like info just to read a manual page, when 99% of the software on the same computer uses man? It's not just laziness. GNU software is usually good, but it has a strong hint of forcing your way onto other people, that I really dislike.