From: ryot AT bigfoot DOT com (George Ryot) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: INFO usage in README.1ST Message-ID: <37c9aa03.26909651@news.clara.net> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:30:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.8.91.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT clara DOT net X-Trace: nnrp3.clara.net 935965858 195.8.91.61 (Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:30:58 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:30:58 BST Lines: 29 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eli Zaretskii wrote: I am fairly new to info so probably a good candidate to try this readme out on. All the examples worked but when I tried to use my new found knowledge to call up the index in the libc documentation (by pressing i) it just beeped and said 'No indices found'. If not all info files have this feature then IMHO it would be better to change the order of these paragraphs: > To quickly search for a certain subject in the index of a manual, > press `i' ... > > For example, suppose you get the infamous message "ld.exe: ... > > If you prefer to look up the subject in the index yourself, page > through the top-level menu of the manual until you find ... Those paragraphs could become: To look up a subject in the index, page through the top-level ... Some manuals allow you to search the index, to do this press 'i' ... For example, suppose you get the infamous message "ld.exe: ... I would have found this guide very useful when starting with DJGPP. -- george