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From: Richard Kettlewell on 25 May 2010 06:25
Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> writes:
> Martin Gregorie <martin(a)address-in-sig.invalid> writes:

>> info is an abomination - why can't full summary informmation be in the
>> manpage and the rest on a set of web pages where it belongs. In this
>> case the sort manpage is severely deficient because doesn't so much as
>> hint that there may be a an ability to list a set of keys with
>> different sort orders and collation sequences?
>>
>> Nor, for that matter, is it clear that there is an info entry.
>
> In this particular case, 'info sort' on a Debian stable system just
> reproduces the man page; you have to use 'info coreutils' and follow
> your nose from there.
>
> It works better in unstable, admittedly.

Another reason to hate info. Here's a fragment of what C-h i shows me:

* Emacs The extensible self-documenting text
editor.
* Emacs The extensible self-documenting text
editor.
* Emacs The extensible self-documenting text
editor.

So which is Emacs 22, which is Emacs 23.1 and which is Emacs 23.2?

Even Emacs can't get Info right!

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