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Re: [Plug] A few more developed questions....
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With info's hypertextual format, I didn't know if one can actually create
_linear_ output such as a file (sort of printing a web page full of links).
Am I on the wrong track?
khill@quarterleaf.com on 08/04/99 04:16:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [Plug] A few more developed questions....
Do:
info <cmd_name> > <output_file_name>
lpr <output_file_name>
- khill
tburba@glcorpis01.usvision.com wrote:
>
> Is there a way to print an info file to paper?
>
> jason@survivalnet.com on 08/04/99 12:57:02 PM
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> Please respond to plug@lists.nothinbut.net
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> Subject: Re: [Plug] A few more developed questions....
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> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 Vale_Kenny@vanguard.com wrote:
> > Yes, man tar, man gunzip, more README.TXT for the compile stuff..
> > keep notes of steps. You will quickly learn that there are a few
> combinations
>
> The man page for tar.... well... sucks. Its should have
> "Written so something happens when you type `man tar` and not much else"
> right at the top. Theres a lot of gnu tools that have really really
> bad man pages. Mostly its because a lot of gnu utils have info pages.
> Which are nicer to read, you can quickly move from section to section
> and get what you need. Its almost like navigating html. Do an
> `info tar` and see what I mean. It'd also probably be a good idea
> to do `info info` and try the tutorial so you can actually navigate. :)
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