[SLE] Where are the Texinfo files?
The man pages for a number of Gnu utilities, e.g., cp and mcopy, indicate that the authoritative information is to be found in the Texinfo files. Where are these files located in a standard SuSE distribution? And what's the easiest way to look at them? Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
The man pages for a number of Gnu utilities, e.g., cp and mcopy, indicate that the authoritative information is to be found in the Texinfo files. Where are these files located in a standard SuSE distribution?
$ rpm -ql texinfo-3.12-51 /usr/bin/info /usr/bin/install-info /usr/bin/makeinfo /usr/bin/texi2dvi /usr/bin/texi2html /usr/bin/texi2index /usr/bin/texi2roff /usr/bin/texindex /usr/doc/packages/texi2html /usr/doc/packages/texi2html/invisible.xbm /usr/doc/packages/texi2roff /usr/doc/packages/texi2roff/Readme /usr/doc/packages/texi2roff/copyright /usr/info/info-stnd.info.gz /usr/info/info.info.gz /usr/info/texinfo-1.gz /usr/info/texinfo-10.gz /usr/info/texinfo-11.gz /usr/info/texinfo-12.gz /usr/info/texinfo-2.gz /usr/info/texinfo-3.gz /usr/info/texinfo-4.gz /usr/info/texinfo-5.gz /usr/info/texinfo-6.gz /usr/info/texinfo-7.gz /usr/info/texinfo-8.gz /usr/info/texinfo-9.gz /usr/info/texinfo.gz /usr/man/man1/texi2html.1.gz /usr/man/man1/texi2roff.1.gz
And what's the easiest way to look at them?
info cp -- George Toft http://www.georgetoft.com The more I use Linux, the harder Windows becomes to use. Point and click software is too restrictive and difficult with which to be productive. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
The man pages for a number of Gnu utilities, e.g., cp and mcopy, indicate that the authoritative information is to be found in the Texinfo files. Where are these files located in a standard SuSE distribution?
$ rpm -ql texinfo-3.12-51 /usr/bin/info ...
And what's the easiest way to look at them?
info cp
I usually look at them from within emacs from the Help tab, Manuals menu and choose Browse Manuals with Info, or simply ctrl-h i. It gives you a nice info tree which you can search or browse. Best regards, Alex. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Alex Angerhofer wrote:
Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
The man pages for a number of Gnu utilities, e.g., cp and mcopy, indicate that the authoritative information is to be found in the Texinfo files. Where are these files located in a standard SuSE distribution?
$ rpm -ql texinfo-3.12-51 /usr/bin/info ...
And what's the easiest way to look at them?
info cp
I usually look at them from within emacs from the Help tab, Manuals menu and choose Browse Manuals with Info, or simply ctrl-h i. It gives you a nice info tree which you can search or browse.
I'm using Emacs too. The problem is that if you install Emacs yourself (and maybe even if you use the version that comes with SuSE), the info directory doesn't include stuff that's not part of Emacs. You have to modify that directory yourself. And to get all the info files into it, you have to know where they all are. For example, on my system, typing `info mcopy' displays the mcopy Texinfo information but typing `m mcopy' in the main Info window merely produces a complaint that there's no match. Paul -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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