2026-07-07 10:20 UTC
@SRAZKVT@tech.lgbt @navi@social.vlhl.dev
I think gcc provides both. The gcc man page is a subsection of the whole manual.
While the info page is the full manual.
Though I dont know anyone who uses info or man pages but most read the html based pages instead. I know i do.
Easier to link to in emails, here etc.
(There is a pdf version too but I dont think anyone uses that either).
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@SRAZKVT@tech.lgbt 2026-07-07 10:25
@pinskia@hachyderm.io @navi@social.vlhl.dev i use man pages when programming, i have a terminal open on the side anyway so might as well use it
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@navi@social.vlhl.dev 2026-07-07 10:29
@pinskia@hachyderm.io @SRAZKVT@tech.lgbt i do use the gcc manpages often when wanting to know what a specific flag or warning does i'd use it for things like checking existing attributes and what they do too, but it doesn't have that, it's just the cli