From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: indentation, setting variables, commands, and M-x
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:52:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uwtg960sm.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <QAeFf.2303$Np6.551@fe11.lga> (john_sips_teaz@yahooz.com)
> From: "John M. Gabriele" <john_sips_teaz@yahooz.com>
> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 22:46:35 -0500
>
> It's interesting how similar the info program
> works compared to something like lynx (that is, if your docs were just
> in html, and you used a text-mode html browser to access them). The main
> difference I'm seeing right now is, that info nodes have an order to them
> (you can hit 'n' for next, 'p' for previous) as well as having links
> ("menus" and "cross-references"), whereas html has only links.
The other (more important, IMHO) difference is that Info can search
via the index (the `i' command), which is much more efficient way of
finding things quickly, i.e. using a manual like a reference.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-05 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.31.1139095080.2870.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-02-05 3:46 ` indentation, setting variables, commands, and M-x John M. Gabriele
2006-02-05 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-02-03 5:18 John M. Gabriele
2006-02-03 7:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-02-03 8:54 ` Alan Mackenzie
2006-02-03 16:49 ` Cameron Desautels
2006-02-03 9:53 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-02-03 15:52 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-03 19:21 ` john_sips_tea
2006-02-03 19:27 ` john_sips_tea
2006-02-03 23:12 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-02-06 18:36 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-02-06 21:11 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.38.1138993306.2860.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-02-03 20:05 ` Neil Cerutti
2006-02-04 11:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-02-03 20:55 ` john_sips_tea
2006-02-04 17:27 ` Drew Adams
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