[Python-Dev] Re: reading info files (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
18 Apr 2002 00:23:33 +0200

Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com> writes:

The problem I always have with info files is the navigation if you want to do more than prev/next/up. Plus the often deeply nested structure that you can't break out of (which is why you want more navigation commands). A book is nice: TOC, chapters, index. A good manpage is nice: a 1-3 page document on a single command. Info with its deep structure that it won't reveal to you is cumbersome. And you can't even print it to read it offline (at least: I always end up with an unstructured mess of ASCII lines).

You don't print the info file. Instead, you use the texinfo file to convert it to TeX, then print that. For GNU software, you can even order printed manuals from the FSF.

Regards, Martin