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GNU Info (pinfo.info)InvokingInvoking ******** `pinfo' [OPTIONS] [INFO_PAGE] `pinfo' is a program for viewing info files. You specify which page you want to read by passing it an INFO_PAGE argument. This argumen t contains the name of an info page (i.e. `bash'). The program will then (by default) search for it in `./', `/usr/info', `/usr/share/info' and `/usr/local/info'. Other searchpath may be specified in configfile or via INFOPATH environmental variable. Pinfo will also automaticaly add the suffix `-info', `-info.Z', `-info.gz', or `-info.bz2'. At present other suffixes are not recognized, but you can easily add them to the function `openinfo()' in `filehandling_functions.c'. When the search for info pages fails, man is called with the INFO_PAGE argument, and it's output is parsed by `pinfo'. This means that when you don't have the appropriate info page, but have a man page instead; the man page will be viewed. When no INFO_PAGE is specified, the default `dir' page is shown. Supported OPTIONS are `-h, --help' print help information and exit `-v, --version' print version information and exit `-m, --manual' uses manual page instead of info by default. (`pinfo' `-m' could be used as a manual pager). Warning: Everything what follows this option is passed to the `man' program. Don't be confused if `pinfo' options, which followed `-m' don't work. When using this option, pinfo does not parse the info options as ussual! It invokes the man part of program. You can also call the man function of `pinfo' in another way. When `pinfo' is called with an `argv[0]' (the program file name), which contains the word `man' in it's name, the man functions are enabled automatically. Previously there was a symlink to `pinfo', called `pman', but I had to remove it from the distribution, since it's name was in conflict with some other utility. Anyway, you can feel free to create such a link if you wish. `-r, --raw-filename' uses a raw filename first (i.e. the name which you specified as infopage is considered to be a real file in the specified location). `-f, --file' Same as '-r'. `-a, --apropos' if this is set, apropos is called when no man or info page could be found. `-c, --cut-man-headers' if this is set, man parsing code will try to cut out the repeated man headers. Use with care. ;) `-s, --squeeze-lines' cut empty lines from manual pages. This option enables autocutting of every repeated newline in a manual page. `-t, --force-manual-tag-table' forces manual detection of tag table. This allows you to view info pages, which may be corrupted. (as i.e. version of jed's pages, shipped with RH5.0). The tag table corruption ussualy appears in that the info links, which you follow, move you to quite unexpected nodes. `--node=NODENAME, --node NODENAME' Go to the node NODENAME of info file. `--rcfile=FILENAME, --node FILENAME' Use alternate rcfile. `-l, --long-manual-links' Use long link names in manuals. On some systems the manual hierarchy is divided into subsections like `3ncurses', etc, while on other systems all belongs to section `3'. If this option is what your system is like, feel free to use it. `-x, --clear-at-exit' Clear screen at exit. The options are handled by GNU getopt, so you can here as in other programs abbreviate the option names to the minimal number of characters by which the options differ. Warning! If you do not have getopt, these options will not work! automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |