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What is the differences between "man" and "info" command (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

I saw there https://askubuntu.com/questions/9325/what-is-the-difference-between-man-and-info-documentation that info is "better" than man because is outdated. Still right in 2023 ?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

The "info" thing was a misguided attempt by a crazed bunch of emacs zealots to usurp the rightful position of "man". Probably GNU's worst idea. It persisted in having some popularity for a decade or more but is now mostly forgotten I think. Despite having used Debian for the past ten years straight I've only just now found out that info doesn't even get installed by default any more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Emacs zealot here ... can confirm we're like this ;)

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