| 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 |
| fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes |
| that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the |
| (dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir" |
| directories among other things. Info files may be stored in |
| compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which |
| do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the |
| menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the |
| 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 |
| changes. |
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| Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992 |
| Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992 |
| Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992 |
| Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992 |
| Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992 |
| Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992 |
| 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 |
| footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops |
| up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that |
| node, the window containing the footnotes goes away. |
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| * Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions. |
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| Use: |
| o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation |
| o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does. |
| o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation. |
| 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 |
| the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or |
| 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 |
| `--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an |
| alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting |
| 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 |
| target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file, |
| treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR" |
| 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)" |
| would be tried. |
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| * New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with |
| 8-bit character sets. |
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| * Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the |
| window which shows possible completions. |
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| * Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c |
| maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results |
| to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are |
| 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 |
| it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which |
| was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in |
| any history node. |
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| * New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating |
| previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a |
| menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some |
| window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of |
| the node names with completion. |
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| * Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at |
| the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the |
| 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. |
| * The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says. |
| * Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved. |
| * When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling |
| will happen. |
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| * Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `[' |
| (info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric |
| 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 |
| of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is |
| displayed in the rightmost column of the window. |
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| * There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info |
| interactively. The current list of variables is as follows: |
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| Variable Name Default Value Description |
| ------------- ------------- ----------- |
| `automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and |
| disappear automatically. |
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| `automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a |
| 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 |
| matched is highlighted by changing its |
| case. |
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| `scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or |
| "Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from |
| scrolling past the bottom or top of a node. |
| "Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to |
| be selected when you scroll past the bottom |
| or top of a node. "Continous" moves |
| linearly through the files hierchichal |
| structure. |
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| `scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when |
| the cursor moves out of the current window. |
| Non-zero means it is the number of lines |
| you would like the screen to shift. A |
| value of 0 means to center the line |
| containing the cursor in the window. |
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| `gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the |
| file buffer space allocated to a file which |
| was compressed, if, and only if, that |
| file's contents do not appear in the node |
| list of any window. |
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| `ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO |
| Latin character set. By default, standard |
| ASCII characters are assumed. |
| ________________________________________ |
| 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. |
| * "configure" script now shipped with Info. |
| * New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables. |
| * User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This |
| supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta. |
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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. |
| * info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history. |
| * info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is |
| not necessarily "Top"! |
| * SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative |
| message when pressed at the end/beg of a node. |
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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. |
| * Screen height changes made quite robust. |
| * Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes. |
| * Scrolling on some terminals is faster now. |
| * C-l with numeric arguement is fixed. |
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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. |
| * Incremental search is fully implemented. |
| * Loading large tag tables is much faster now. |
| * makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds. |
| * Scrolling in redisplay is implemented. |
| * Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust. |
| * Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes. |
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