Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/22/13:21:57
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se> donated an addition to the README.1ST
> file that describes some basic usage of the INFO browser. The relevant
> part of the file is reproduced below.
>
> I would like to ask people who have comments about this addition to
> please post them herel. In particular, please state your opinions
> whether the text gives enough information to read the docs and look up
> a specific subject there, and whether the explanations are clear.
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
> Reading the documentation, or A Crash Course in Info
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> The following is not supposed to be a complete guide to using Info,
> just a starting point, so you could move around the docs and search it
> for whatever you are looking for.
>
> To invoke Info to read a manual, type "info" followed by the manual
> name. For example:
>
> - type "info libc" to read the C library docs;
Here's where you lose me. That's where I got lost in the faq too.
from the faq :
1) Use the stand-alone Info reader.
Get the file txiXXXbn.zip, which includes INFO.EXE, and
txiXXXdc.zip, which includes docs for INFO.EXE. Unzip them
and run "info". It will bring up a (hopefully)
self-explanatory online help system. Confused? Press
``?'' to see the list of all Info commands. Still
confused? Press ``h'' to have Info take you on a guided
tour through its commands.
I'm running windows 98
I have \txi312b\bin\info.exe along tith the other files in txi312b.
When I hit info.exe I get a big black box with a tool bar titled "MSDOS
Finished-info".
There is a scroll down menu which says "auto"
and in the black area it says "info:dir: nosuch file or directory (ENOENT)"
It won't allw me to type anything in and if I press "?" it says the program
is terminated.
I guess this is some kind of error message from an ms-dos program, but I have
no idea what its trying to tell me.
Can anyone help me get this info program running ?
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