Re: problem with info
I want to reply to this because I feel this is actually a feature.
If one types "info" he is presented with a menu. But the install-info
I have is broken, and seems to install the menu entry BEFORE a crucial
line in the file /usr/info/dir. I have had to move the entries I
actually use by hand down to the bottom of this file, then info works.
It's somewhat interesting to have the manpage pop up when no info file
is available, though it would probably be best cleaned up to
prioritize so an info file is produced if one is available.
Alan Davis
On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote:
> Ever since I upgraded to 1.1 (about a month ago) I haven't been able to
> get info to work properly. I've purged and installed it a couple of times,
> to no avail.
>
> Problems:
> a) 'info <anything>' shows nothing but
> File: *manpages*, Node: <anything>, Up: (dir)
>
> the first time I invoke it. Thereafter,
>
> b) 'info <anything>' just shows a man page, even though the info files are
> very obviously there in /usr/info.
>
> The versions of the programs I have are:
> ii info 3.7-1
> ii texinfo 3.7-1
>
> My INFOPATH hasn't changed from 0.93R6, when info worked as expected.
> Can anyone tell me what else might have changed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Susan Kleinmann
> sgk@sgk.tiac.net
>
>
>
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