From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
Subject: Re: Why I can't use `info' in emacs?
Date: 15 Dec 2006 10:11:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1166206305.278573.25520@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nrd56lf7kk.fsf@gmail.com>
Hadron Quark wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:25:55 +0100
> >>
> >> Surely the man pages are superior in this instance for a programmer?
> >
> > How is the man page superior?
> >
>
> Did you look at the excerpts which came up from the context. For a
> programmer bringing up the API it is blatantly obvious, in this case,
> which first stage info is more useful.
The most common reason I have for looking at API docs is to remind me
of the order of arguments in a function. Mostly I can remember the
functions purpose. We're all different.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-15 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-14 23:59 Why I can't use `info' in emacs? Ronald
2006-12-15 6:50 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2006-12-15 7:15 ` Ronald
2006-12-15 12:40 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 14:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-15 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1908.1166172009.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-15 9:20 ` Ronald
2006-12-15 11:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1911.1166181447.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-15 13:49 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 14:02 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 14:13 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 14:25 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 14:57 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 15:49 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 17:41 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-18 0:10 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-12-18 11:51 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-20 1:13 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-12-20 16:51 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1922.1166198262.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-15 16:27 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 18:11 ` Robert Thorpe [this message]
2006-12-16 19:21 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-16 21:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1996.1166305877.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-16 22:30 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-17 4:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.2006.1166328762.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-18 12:54 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-18 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-18 10:44 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-18 12:56 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-18 13:12 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-18 17:11 ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-18 17:27 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-16 12:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-15 9:20 ` Ronald
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