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- This is source and executable for GNU Info, called InfoView on AmigaDOS
- to not collide with the Info command which reports disk usage under AmigaDOS.
- Please read the accompanying COPYING file!
-
- InfoView is used to view GNU manuals that have been written in texinfo
- format, and have been converted with the makeinfo tool for use by InfoView.
- You may as well print such documents by processing them with TeX.
-
- InfoView requires a termcap library. I used the one provided in 4.3bsd-net2,
- and this one requires you to place the file `termcap' into
- usr:share/misc/termcap
- (which ixemul.library maps into /usr/share/misc/termcap)
-
- The path compiled into InfoView where to look for *.info* files is currently
- set to `.:/gcc20/info:/gcc/info', which is what is used later in the AmigaDOS
- gcc-2.2.2 distribution. If you want to override, set the environment variable
- INFOPATH.
-
-
- The included executable requires ixemul.library to be installed somewhere
- in your library search path (the LIBS: assign).
-
-
- Quick installation guide
- ------------------------
- - if you don't have one, create a directory and assign usr: to it
- - make a directory usr:share/misc, and copy the termcap file there
- - create a directory where you'll collect GNU info files. If you'd like
- to use the provided executable without recompiling and/or setting an
- environment variable, this directory should be gcc:info.
- - copy the contents of the info directory in your info directory, if you
- like to install the short info tuturial (recommended!).
- - copy the provided ixemul.library into your LIBS: directory. Note that
- this version replaces the one distributed in gcc21-920420.lha and
- older archives!
-
- The assign to usr: should be made in your s:user-startup file
- (s:startup-sequence for 1.3 users), if you plan to use InfoView on a
- regular basis.
-
-
- Currently known problems
- ------------------------
- - if you change the window size, the window will only be updated when you
- hit a key (for example ^L). This is a problem inside ixemul.library and
- will hopefully be fixed in the future (means you don't need a newer
- version of InfoView, just update the library).
- - the s)earch command seems to be broken. It writes over innocent memory,
- which can cause either (recoverable) GURU alerts or display an abort
- requester saying that memory has been corrupted. It is rather difficult
- or nearly impossible to fix this bug without a debugger, which I don't
- have yet for amigados.
-
-
- If you find bugs, please tell me about them, I'll try to fix them when
- ever possible. You can reach me at one of the following addresses:
-
- <wild@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch>
- <wild@amiga.physik.unizh.ch>
-
-
- -Markus Wild
-