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Re: Online copies of textinfo content available?

From rhkramer@gmail.com
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Online copies of textinfo content available?
Date 2018-10-27 15:30 +0200
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Thanks -- two comments below!

On Saturday, October 27, 2018 05:04:37 AM Curt wrote:
> On 2018-10-27, rhkramer@gmail.com <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday, October 26, 2018 06:10:13 PM Brian wrote:
> >> On Fri 26 Oct 2018 at 18:02:39 -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> >> > It's probably been 15 years since I bothered looking at an info page
> >> > -- maybe there are no more duplicate man and info pages -- but I
> >> > don't believe that.
> >> 
> >> You can vouch for whatever you want. Without an example it is worthless.
> > 
> > What would you do with an example?
> 
> I just thought of a cozy place for it.

Great minds ...

> 
> whois
> info
> file
> acpi
> 
> There's also the case of the (generally succinct) man page referring you
> to the full documentation via the info page, the latter of which is
> identical to the former, a rubbing-it-in kind of "bug" by which I've
> been bitten in the past.

I remember those, also!
 
> I can't summon an example of this frustrating insect offhand.

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Online copies of textinfo content available? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-26 16:50 +0200
  Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-26 17:10 +0200
  Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-26 17:10 +0200
  Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-26 17:50 +0200
  Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-26 19:30 +0200
    Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-26 20:20 +0200
      Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 10:20 +0200
        Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-29 17:00 +0100
          Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-11-02 05:00 +0100
      Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-10-29 07:30 +0100
    Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-26 20:20 +0200
      Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-26 20:30 +0200
        Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-26 22:00 +0200
          Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 00:50 +0200
    Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-10-29 07:30 +0100
  Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2018-10-26 22:20 +0200
    Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-26 22:20 +0200
      Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2018-10-26 22:30 +0200
    Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-26 22:30 +0200
    Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-26 23:50 +0200
      Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-27 00:10 +0200
        Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-27 00:20 +0200
          Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-27 03:40 +0200
            Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-27 11:10 +0200
              Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-27 15:30 +0200
        Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-27 01:10 +0200
      Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-10-29 07:40 +0100
        Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-29 16:30 +0100
          Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-29 21:20 +0100
          Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 21:30 +0100
            Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-29 22:00 +0100
              Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 22:20 +0100
            Re: Online copies of textinfo content available? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-30 09:40 +0100

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