atmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoevery time i can't remember how to use a commandlemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageevery time i can't remember how to use a commandlemmy.worldatmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoAnd then the manpage goes: ThE fUlL dOcUmEnTaTiOn CaN bE vIeWeD wItH “info blah invocation” Stop trying to make info a thing. It’s not going to be a thing.
minus-squareLibretto@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThat’s basically just GNU programs
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoI used a tool yesterday whose manpage told me to look into --help for full list of commands. The audacity!
minus-squareOctopus1348@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThey could’ve just copy-pasted it! And --help should be a brief, easy-to-understand list of commands and explanations, not an extension
minus-squarerenormalizer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoEspecially when you don’t have a US keyboard. How the fuck am I supposed to navigate through the info document when the key combination to follow links is Ctrl+] and ] itself is hidden behind some modifier combo?
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoSounds like it needs better localization
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoIt needs to die in a fire. All hail man pages!
And then the manpage goes:
Stop trying to make info a thing. It’s not going to be a thing.
That’s basically just GNU programs
I used a tool yesterday whose manpage told me to look into --help for full list of commands. The audacity!
They could’ve just copy-pasted it! And --help should be a brief, easy-to-understand list of commands and explanations, not an extension
Especially when you don’t have a US keyboard. How the fuck am I supposed to navigate through the info document when the key combination to follow links is Ctrl+] and ] itself is hidden behind some modifier combo?
Sounds like it needs better localization
It needs to die in a fire. All hail man pages!