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| From | rhkramer@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Debian glossary? |
| Date | 2018-04-30 18:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <vKjxf-6qs-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Monday, April 30, 2018 10:44:56 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:37:22AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > as those files appear to be made by just copying the man > > page into the info format. > > That's untrue. Compare a GNU info page to the same tool's GNU man page > and you will see a huge difference. > > wooledg:~$ man ls | wc > 233 911 7823 > wooledg:~$ info coreutils ls | wc > 835 4551 34791 Well, I wouldn't say it's untrue--it is sometimes (and maybe often) true--I don't have an example at hand, but back in the days when I did look at an info page after viewing a man page, I often found the exact same content (maybe modulo some formatting differences or similar). Of course, I don't know whether the man pages copied the info pages or vice versa (in those cases).
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