From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: indentation, setting variables, commands, and M-x Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:52:25 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1139169176 11127 80.91.229.2 (5 Feb 2006 19:52:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:52:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 05 20:52:51 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F5pwD-0000rW-HK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:52:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F5pzU-0005Ji-1B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:56:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F5pzN-0005JT-Fw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:56:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F5pzM-0005JG-0l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:56:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F5pzL-0005JD-TG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:55:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F5pym-00079X-9s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:55:24 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id HUD00749; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:52:18 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-162-73.inter.net.il [84.228.162.73]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CQD19970 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:52:17 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (john_sips_teaz@yahooz.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33013 Archived-At: > From: "John M. Gabriele" > 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.