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From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Punch card times (was Re: Taking Speedy too seriously)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:56:17 +0100
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On 2026-10-31 16:57, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 2026-10-31 11:40, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>> Talking of manuals, I find large man pages very difficult to use, 
>> specially when you need something specific. No clickable table of 
>> content, no clickable index. Info pages are somewhat better.
> 
> I agree with you on the _horrendous large_ 'man' "pages".
> They shouldn't replace exhaustive and thorough documentation, IMO.
> But worse I think are the ("maneuverable") 'info' pages.
> Or the habit of some "Unixes" to have no man-page information but
> only a stub with the hint to look into the (IMO horrendous) 'info'
> pages. (I'm aware that some certainly prefer them; how else would
> their proliferation be otherwise explainable.)
> 
> Concerning "clickable" information generally, mind the time when
> man-pages were introduced!

Yes, I understand that. Isn't time we get something better?

> 
> Janis, preferring to avoid mouse-devices in the first place

Sure, point and click can also work without a mouse. Use the cursor to 
select an entry in the table of contents, then hit enter.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.