GNU-Info Bad, Man(1) Good [www.advogato.org]

I abso-tootin-lutely agree with this advogato entry It has perplexed me for years that people are so desperate to replace man with GNU-info. Man is completely useful for it's purpose, and info is so confusing I would rather search for a web page.

I mean, I use emacs for goodness sake, I'm not averse to confusing interfaces with oodles of key combinations to remember ... when it delivers positive benefits. info may have some nice features, but for the purpose of concise software manuals, it offers me none. Ever tried to print a manual in info and have it look nice?

man in a shell is great - it's piped through less so I can search it, scroll back and forth etc.

xman sucks - a good X man browser that let you search within the man page and jump to headings or click on references would make it really useful.

I love change. I hate change for the sake of using the politically correct (read GNU) tool.