From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.3-rc4 Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 17:08:48 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <7vzm18jg7p.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200708040341.36147.ismail@pardus.org.tr> <7vsl70jdcr.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <46B3F762.1050306@midwinter.com> <7vfy2zj4nj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <46B418AA.4070701@midwinter.com> <20070804091249.GA17821@uranus.ravnborg.org> <46B45B1E.5020104@midwinter.com> <85zm17h4pn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <46B4A35E.5040601@midwinter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Steven Grimm X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Aug 04 18:09:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHMC4-0004UK-SW for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:09:33 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759289AbXHDQJa (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:09:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759295AbXHDQJa (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:09:30 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:58359 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1759145AbXHDQJ3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:09:29 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 04 Aug 2007 16:09:22 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO openvpn-client) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp034) with SMTP; 04 Aug 2007 18:09:22 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+ZqE4MuVGZuEzLG/Wo6AlZz4SLFdgciZYzE5IK1e LkqF/wKqKtEbaW X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <46B4A35E.5040601@midwinter.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Steven Grimm wrote: > David Kastrup wrote: > > A system such as info, in contrast, is hierarchical, and organized > > with indexes and cross references making it much easier to find > > things. > > Really? I find info a huge pain in the butt most of the time. I can't just do > a simple text search for the information I want in the relevant manpage; I see the same. > Am I alone in my dislike of info, I wonder? There are so many reasons not to switch to info, but what you illustrated is a very good one of those. But yes, if you have the time, and it would be fun for you (before your battery runs flat), I'd appreciate a small script to do a quick-and-not-so-dirty conversion. Heck, if you use some kind of object orientation, I might be talked into providing the html backend. Ciao, Dscho