You're not interested in the topic, you have nothing to add to it, yet you post discouraging others from exploring.
For those who are unaware of the difference, 'info' gives you rich hypertext tree-structured cross-referenced indexed documentation with menus leading to sub-nodes and navigation history as well as sequential and hierarchical navigation, powerful and flexible search, plus online meta-help and an excellent tutorial in 'info info', all presented by a powerful and featureful engine, much smarter than 'man'. Now don't you wish someone had told you about *that* instead of 'man' on Day 1?
But, OTOH, 'man' is sufficient for Gordon, who therefore (?) "hates" info.
Info source files are marked up using a TeX dialect called Texinfo (file extension: .texi). Man source files are marked up using *roff macros, which provide only rudimentary linking.
In reality, of course, both forms of documentation persist because they serve different purposes, needs and contexts. The savvy unix user knows and uses both constantly. Knowingly to cut yourself off from a source of information about your working environment, completely, for no benefit, under no compulsion, and for no gain, because you "hate" info, is very foolish and not what someone of your standing in this group should be recommending (or doing, but that's your business), Gordon.
