Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/08/13/20:45:09
> My primary gripe about INFO is that it is TOTALY un-intuitive. The
> user interface is difficult to work with. There is no support for
> things like PGUP/PGDN keys, etc. I haven't griped before because I
> don't want to ofend anyone. The language in the DJGPP docs leads me to
> believe that someone thinks that INFO is the best thing since sliced
> bread. I didn't want to upset that apple cart, nut I don't agree.
I don't know what version of info you are using, but mine is perfectly
happy with PGUP and PGDN. It also likes arrow keys, and will even
respond to (to me) perfectly intuitive keyboard commands, like (u)p,
(n)ext, (p)revious, (t)op, (g)oto node, (m)enu item, TAB to move
between links, etc.
If this is too daunting, you can use the online tutorial (press 'h'
for, of all things, HELP) to get a complete interactive runthrough of
Info commands.
Whew, but learning can be hard, can't it?
> I would be happy with a plain ASCII file that I could dump to the
> printer.
Gee, info can even do that, too! Go to the node you want to print
and press ALT-X. You will be prompted for a command. Type 'print'
to dump the current node in ASCII format to the PRN device. If you
want to print it to a file, put the following line in the [info]
section of DJGPP.ENV:
+INFO_PRINT_COMMAND=cat >c:/info.prn
If you don't have 'cat', you can use 'type', and you can of course
call the file anything you want.
--
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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