mdp2021 3 days ago

Even just experience with `man`-pages, "/<term>", show that it is a suboptimal strategy that leaves querying an understanding reader engine to be desired.

  • lupusreal 3 days ago

    Really? I generally have a good experience with searching manpages. My big grip with those is the man program itself.

    • mdp2021 a day ago

      Mine is that directly asking a question ("How to...") would be much faster than finding the information through grep or highlight aided skimming. It would be just more efficient.

      Also since in order to find a feature through a literal string you first have to guess it... But language is inherently fuzzier, so literal searches are in this purpose weaker than an interface dealing with the fuzzy aspect of expression.