1997-08-22 00:57:35 +02:00
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Info 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the original standalone Info I wrote in
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1987, the first program I wrote for rms. That program was something like
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my second Unix program ever, and my die-hard machine language coding habits
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tended to show through. I found the original Info hard to read and
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maintain, and thus decided to write this one.
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The rewrite consists of about 12,000 lines of code written in about 12
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days. I believe this version of Info to be in much better shape than the
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1998-03-24 20:41:43 +01:00
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original Info.
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1997-08-22 00:57:35 +02:00
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Info 2.0 is substantially different from its original standalone
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predecessor. It appears almost identical to the GNU Emacs version, but has
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the advantages of smaller size, ease of portability, and a built in library
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which can be used in other programs (to get or display documentation from
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Info files, for example).
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I eagerly await responses to this newer version of Info; comments on its
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portability, ease of use and user interface, code quality, and general
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usefulness are all of interest to me, and I will appreciate any comments
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that you would care to make.
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A full listing of the commands available in Info can be gotten by typing
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`?' while within an Info window. This produces a node in a window which
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can be viewed just like any Info node.
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1998-03-24 20:41:43 +01:00
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--Brian Fox <bfox@gnu.org>
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