From: Unknown <unknown@unknown.invalid>
Subject: Re: Emacs minimised
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:31:41 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <NqX6a.61730$b8v1.28739@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3lm04a0s0.fsf@mika.informatik.uni-freiburg.de
Lee Sau Dan wrote:
>>>>>> "Jesper" == Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
>
> Jesper> Keith O'Connell <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> >> Yes its there, now I know to look. The problem is I did "man
> >> emacs" and it wasn't there. I figured if it wasn't in the man
> >> file it was worth asking.
>
> Jesper> '-iconic' is documented in the "Icons X" node in the Emacs
> Jesper> manual. For GNU programs it's usually always best to look
> Jesper> in Info first:
>
> That's true. But this is also a problem. Even though I've been using
> Info to look up many things, I still have the unix habit of using
> 'man' when want to find something in a hurry, and assuming that
> everything is there. Failing to find something in the man page is
> already frustrating! So, I will forget about Info at that point! :(
>
> Info is good, if I want to study the program for 15 minutes or more.
> But for quick lookups, man pages are still much better. (Many people
> are simply not interested in learning yet another program.)
That's outrageous. Everybody knows nearly 78% of all dentists surveyed prefer
Info to man pages.
--
Le
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-26 4:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-21 15:16 Emacs minimised Keith O'Connell
2003-02-21 15:58 ` Jesper Harder
2003-02-21 17:02 ` Keith O'Connell
2003-02-21 20:39 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-21 21:26 ` Keith O'Connell
2003-02-21 21:57 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-21 22:01 ` Jesper Harder
2003-02-25 14:32 ` Lee Sau Dan
2003-02-25 17:23 ` Kester Clegg
2003-02-25 19:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-02-26 2:52 ` Jesper Harder
2003-02-26 4:31 ` Unknown [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.2406.1046200218.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-02-26 17:19 ` Lee Sau Dan
2003-03-01 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-02-27 15:24 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-03-04 16:42 ` Kester Clegg
2003-03-04 16:58 ` Lucas
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