[Gllug] Console Tools (was Re: Can't get my CNet PRO200WL netcard to work in Gentoo)

[Matthew Kirkwood]

On Mon, 27 May 2002 tet at accucard.com wrote:

> >Info format, which makes most
> >people foam at the mouth, reach for crucifixes and threaten violence.
>
> Indeed. Nice idea, but one of the most hideous implementations of a
> user interface I've ever come across. Fortunately, gnome-help-browser
> provides a semi usable interface to info pages, which is at least a
> start, although it doesn't help when you're remotely logged in using a
> text only interface...

"pinfo" is a lynx-style info browser, which I find much
easier than the "real" info.

> Unfortunately, with the version supplied with RH7.3, they've removed
> the link from the starting page, and you need to know that you can
> type "info:gcc" into the location bar, for example. Gone is the
> handily browsable list of info topics.

Actually, it isn't.  Try "toc:info".

Matthew.



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