| The file NEWS contains information about what has changed since the last |
| release. |
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| The file ../INSTALL contains instructions on how to install Info. |
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| Info 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the original standalone Info I wrote in |
| 1987, the first program I wrote for rms. That program was something like |
| my second Unix program ever, and my die-hard machine language coding habits |
| tended to show through. I found the original Info hard to read and |
| maintain, and thus decided to write this one. |
| |
| The rewrite consists of about 12,000 lines of code written in about 12 |
| days. I believe this version of Info to be in much better shape than the |
| original Info, and the only reason it is in Beta test is because of its |
| short life span. |
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| Info 2.0 is substantially different from its original standalone |
| predecessor. It appears almost identical to the GNU Emacs version, but has |
| the advantages of smaller size, ease of portability, and a built in library |
| which can be used in other programs (to get or display documentation from |
| Info files, for example). |
| |
| I eagerly await responses to this newer version of Info; comments on its |
| portability, ease of use and user interface, code quality, and general |
| usefulness are all of interest to me, and I will appreciate any comments |
| that you would care to make. |
| |
| A full listing of the commands available in Info can be gotten by typing |
| `?' while within an Info window. This produces a node in a window which |
| can be viewed just like any Info node. |
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| Please send your comments, bug reports, and suggestions to |
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| bug-texinfo@prep.ai.mit.edu |
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| --Brian Fox <bfox@ai.mit.edu> |
