Re: Man pages in general

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Charles Mattair <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:41:01 -0600
> 
> Ok - you don't like man pages.  Don't expose your immaturity by
> rubbing it in our faces.

I'm not sure what is the problem you are trying to report.  Is it the
absence of man pages in some GNU package?  If so, please tell what
package that is; most of them, including Tar, do come with man pages
AFAIK.

> For a quick look, they are far superior to the info system GNU has
> built.

Did you try the "info --usage" feature that is part of Texinfo 4.0 and
later?  I think it produces the same effect as viewing a man page,
assuming that the Info manual was written according to GNU standards.

> Particularly given GNU likes to arrange options functionally - if
> you aren't sure what you are looking for, you probably won't find it
> in info.

Using the `i' (index-search) command is the recommended way of looking
up specific issues in an Info document.  Did you try it?  If so, what
were the problems you experienced?