Re: Bug#388684: coreutils: "info ls" opens the man page, not the info documentation

[Andreas Schwab]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> Another reason to use the more verbose command is to ensure that info
> reliably displays the right node.  Even with a proper installation, "info
> pr" doesn't display the desired node (as you probably recall).  Instead,
> "info" simply displays the first node it finds with a name matching
> "pr".  In my case, it is currently the "PreScript" node of a2ps.info.
> Without a2ps, it might be the coreutils "Printing text" node.

Info should always prefer an exactly matching menu entry, at least it
does for me.

Andreas.

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