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| 2 | .\" $Id: info.5,v 1.2 2004/04/11 17:56:45 karl Exp $
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| 20 | .TH INFO 5 "GNU Info" "FSF"
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| 21 | .SH NAME
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| 22 | info \- readable online documentation
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 24 | The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online
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| 25 | documents. It can be read by
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| 26 | .I emacs(1)
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| 27 | and
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| 28 | .I info(1)
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| 29 | among other programs.
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| 30 | .PP
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| 31 | Info files are usually created from
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| 32 | .I texinfo(5)
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| 33 | sources by
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| 34 | .IR makeinfo(1) ,
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| 35 | but can be created from scratch if so desired.
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| 36 | .PP
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| 37 | For a full description of the Texinfo language and associated tools,
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| 38 | please see the Texinfo manual (written in Texinfo itself). Most likely,
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| 39 | running this command from your shell:
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| 40 | .RS
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| 41 | .I info texinfo
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| 42 | .RE
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| 43 | or this key sequence from inside Emacs:
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| 44 | .RS
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| 45 | .I M-x info RET m texinfo RET
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| 46 | .RE
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| 47 | will get you there.
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| 48 | .SH AVAILABILITY
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| 49 | ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-<version>.tar.gz
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| 50 | .br
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| 51 | or any GNU mirror site.
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| 52 | .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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| 53 | Please send bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
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| 54 | general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
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| 55 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 56 | info(1), install-info(1), makeinfo(1), texi2dvi(1),
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| 57 | .br
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| 58 | texindex(1).
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| 59 | .br
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| 60 | emacs(1), tex(1).
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| 61 | .br
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| 62 | texinfo(5).
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