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This release of Info is version 2.11. Please read the file README.
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Version 2.11, Sat Apr 1 09:15:21 1995
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Changes since 2.7 beta:
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Although the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits
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fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes
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that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the
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(dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir"
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directories among other things. Info files may be stored in
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compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which
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do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the
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menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the
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current document. This means that the menu item:
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* Info:: The Info documentation reader.
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in (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top".
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Please see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other
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changes.
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Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992
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Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992
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Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992
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Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992
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Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992
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Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992
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Version 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992
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Changes since 2.5 beta:
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Note that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group.
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* "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands.
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* Automatic footnote display. When you enter a node which contains
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footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops
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up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that
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node, the window containing the footnotes goes away.
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* Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions.
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Use:
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o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation
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o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does.
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o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation.
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o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function.
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* Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows"). If
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the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or
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deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled.
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* You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the
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`--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an
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alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting
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input on the command line `info < old-dribble'.
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* New behaviour of menu items. If the label is the same as the
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target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file,
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treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR"
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might contain:
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* Emacs:: Cool text-editor.
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Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)"
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would be tried.
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* New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with
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8-bit character sets.
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* Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the
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window which shows possible completions.
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* Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c
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maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results
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to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are
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supported. The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it.
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* There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says
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it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which
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was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in
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any history node.
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* New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating
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previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a
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menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some
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window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of
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the node names with completion.
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* Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at
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the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the
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cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line.
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* Interruptible display implemented. Basic display speedups and hacks.
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* The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says.
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* Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved.
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* When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling
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will happen.
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* Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `['
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(info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric
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arguments, moving that many nodes in that case.
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* `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width
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of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is
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displayed in the rightmost column of the window.
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* There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info
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interactively. The current list of variables is as follows:
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Variable Name Default Value Description
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`automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and
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disappear automatically.
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`automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a
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window resizes other windows.
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`visible-bell' Off If non-zero, try to use a visible bell.
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`errors-ring-bell' On If non-zero, errors cause a ring.
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`show-index-match' On If non-zero, the portion of the string
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matched is highlighted by changing its
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case.
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`scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or
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"Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from
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scrolling past the bottom or top of a node.
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"Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to
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be selected when you scroll past the bottom
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or top of a node. "Continous" moves
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linearly through the files hierchichal
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structure.
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`scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when
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the cursor moves out of the current window.
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Non-zero means it is the number of lines
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you would like the screen to shift. A
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value of 0 means to center the line
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containing the cursor in the window.
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`gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the
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file buffer space allocated to a file which
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was compressed, if, and only if, that
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file's contents do not appear in the node
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list of any window.
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`ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO
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Latin character set. By default, standard
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ASCII characters are assumed.
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________________________________________
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This release of Info is version 2.5 beta.
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Changes since 2.4 beta:
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* Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented.
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* "configure" script now shipped with Info.
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* New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables.
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* User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This
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supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta.
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________________________________________
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This release of Info is version 2.4 beta.
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Changes since 2.3 beta:
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* info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file.
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* info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history.
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* info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is
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not necessarily "Top"!
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* SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative
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message when pressed at the end/beg of a node.
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----------------------------------------
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This release of Info is version 2.3 beta.
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Changes since 2.2 beta:
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* M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined. Variable in Makefile.
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* Screen height changes made quite robust.
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* Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes.
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* Scrolling on some terminals is faster now.
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* C-l with numeric arguement is fixed.
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----------------------------------------
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This release of Info is version 2.2 beta.
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Changes since 2.0:
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* C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches.
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* Incremental search is fully implemented.
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* Loading large tag tables is much faster now.
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* makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds.
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* Scrolling in redisplay is implemented.
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* Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust.
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* Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes.
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