Man pages are more convenient for the typical unix hacker - command-line oriented, vi-using. They are rendered in less, which supports vi-like searching. Info

Man pages are more convenient for the typical unix hacker - command-line oriented, vi-using. They are rendered in less, which supports vi-like searching. Info, on the other hand, is one of those odd pre-www hypertext systems. Advanced for its time, it is now clumsy and nonstandard.