bug#18428: Bug#760861: bug#18428: Bug#760861: bug#18428: coreutils binary breaks coreutils documentation

[Assaf Gordon]

On 09/09/2014 10:52 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:31:35PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > It's useful to many, but I agree most don't bother with it
> > due to the awkward non intuitive default info reader _interface_
> > (though pinfo is a bit better in that regard).
>
> Right. I've heard the argument for 15 years that info docs are really good, 
> it's just the interface. :) In all that time, a better interface hasn't really 
> caught on, and the web happened.
>
> > Though it would be better to have direct links.
> > Now the above full node URL is too long/awkward, so I've just now setup 
> > redirects,
> > so the following proposed new trailers for ls --help and man pages should work:
> >
> > ls --help:
> >  ...
> >  Full documentation online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ls>
> >  Full installed documentation: info '(coreutils) ls invocation'
>
> A huge improvement. I suspect that this might also help the info docs show up 
> in google, instead of being below the fold. Alternative wording:
>
>    Full documentation online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ls>
>    or available locally via: info '(coreutils) ls invocation'

BTW,
 "http://gnu.org/s/";  redirects to "http://www.gnu.org/software/"; ,
so
 http://gnu.org/s/coreutils/ls

also works.