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schwab@lamothe.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Andreas Schwab) writes:

>|> When I want to find out how to use gcc to generate makefile dependencies,
>|> all I want is the "quick reference" so that I can find out how to spell
>|> -MM and whether it has one M or two.  I don't _want_ a long tutorial.
>
>A good TeXinfo manual has an `Invoking foo' or `foo Invocation' entry
>in the toplevel menu, pointing to a node that should be written like a
>quick reference, with cross references to the more complete
>documentation.  This is far superior to man pages.

If all you ever use is Gnu software with info files, then fine. In a
RealWorld<tm> environment with a large heterogenous mass of software
users (me!) want to be able to obtain a quickref for any executable in
their standard PATH via a simple, consistent procedure. Whether the
procedure consists of infoking some info reader or just using man is
unimportant - but it has to be the *same* for all commands. I.e. man foo.

This is still offtopic but seems to keep being approved nonetheless.

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Henning Makholm - math and CS student - University of Copenhagen
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