[Info-vax] Radical command line suggestion

[William Pechter]

In article <OMsYWfpbZtaX at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org> wrote:
>In article <f26e8302-e3f9-4fd9-bb73-9501fe886115 at googlegroups.com>,
>johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk writes:
>> 
>> man and info may have advantages (vs HELP) as tools for navigation. Maybe
>> HELP needs an update then?
>
>   man has advantages?  On what planet?  man is the worst thing I've
>   ever used, and is only barely tolerable if the X10 based xman gui
>   is used instead of the terminal window man.
>
>   How many times did I have to re-rad vast sections of the ksh man
>   page when a lower paragraph pointed to an earlier entity.
>
>   ARGHHHHHHHH.
>

Man has its place but please, let's not thing it's better than context 
sensitive help in VMS.

And I've been a Unix/Linux admin and trainer since '87 after I left DEC... 
I've never found man better than help for new users.  And VMS will be looking
for NEW USERS if it's going to succeed.

I like man as a quick options list, apropos is useful.  But full VMS help
tells how to actually do an operation --  not just it's options.

If VMS help is reference book man is an infographic. 8-)


Bill

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