From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Lib Funcs in TEXT format PLEASE Date: 24 May 2000 09:45:07 GMT Organization: Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) Lines: 45 Message-ID: <8gg8b3$ill$1@nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE> References: <8gerhs$2dd$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <8gfeb4$eqt$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de X-Trace: nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE 959161507 19125 137.226.32.75 (24 May 2000 09:45:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rwth-aachen DOT de NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 May 2000 09:45:07 GMT Originator: broeker@ To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com RadSurfer wrote: > The 'info.exe' works; but in itself NOT very impressive: > 1) the size of that font is VERY TINY > 1a) is there anyway to ENLARGE the font two or THREE times? Info is a text-mode application. The font it uses is that of the text window it runs in. What you're probably complaining about, actually, is the 80x50 character screen mode it switches into, by default. If you don't like that, you can always disable this feature. Just set INFO_LINES=25 before you start it (or change the relevant line in djgpp.env, but do be careful when modifying that file, please). > (why is the :: openly visible? if thats a part of the tex hyperlink > mechanism, strikes me as quite primitive!) You call it 'primitive', others call it 'not hiding information under the carpet'. If you don't like it, feel free to delve into the sources and change it. But don't come to us whining that it's awfully hard, if you do so. You get what you pay for -- if you're not even willing to invest some sweat of your own, you'll get even less than others. > 2) Tex format is not really very popular or preferred by most users > for a variety of reasons! The info files are *not* in TeX. They are generated from a TeX-style file, but they bear no resemblance to that any more, after the conversion to .info. Have look at an .info file with your preferred ASCII text reader, some time: it's about as plain ASCII as you can get it (only exception are characters like Ctrl-L and Ctrl-_, which can safely be ignored). Actually, it's closers to plain ASCII than even Unix manpages, I'd say. > 3) ASCII TEXT has been and is still THE MOST preferred format for > most people. What do you know that from? This is a vast generalization based on little fact, if any, I think. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.