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>What does info add over plain old manual pages? I feel like info pages are more suitable for explaining the features of larger pieces of software. Can you ima
by alex_smart 6y ago
>What does info add over plain old manual pages?
I feel like info pages are more suitable for explaining the features of larger pieces of software. Can you imagine what a mess the man page for emacs would be, if it were to try to explain all its functionality? Instead the man page of emacs only gives a brief description of the software and explains the command line options and all the functionality is explained in an info document.
I think of info as an alternative to /usr/share/doc, not man pages.
The most import features of info that are missing from man:
1. pagination
2. cross-referencing
3. structure