info-stnd: Stand-alone Info
1 Stand-alone Info
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The "Info" program described here is a stand-alone program, part of the
Texinfo distribution, which is used to view Info files on a text
terminal. "Info files" are typically the result of processing Texinfo
files with the program 'makeinfo' (also in the Texinfo distribution).
Texinfo itself (
(texinfo)Top) is a documentation system that
uses a single source file to produce both on-line information and
printed output. You can typeset and print the files that you read in
Info.
GNU Emacs also provides an Info reader (just type 'M-x info' in
Emacs). Emacs Info and stand-alone Info have nearly identical user
interfaces, although customization and other details are different (this
manual explains the stand-alone Info reader). The Emacs Info reader
supports the X Window System and other such bitmapped interfaces, not
just plain ASCII, so if you want a prettier display for Info files, you
should try it. You can use Emacs Info without using Emacs for anything
else. (Type 'C-x C-c' to exit; this also works in the stand-alone Info
reader.) (info)Top for a tutorial and more background
information about the Info system, as well as information about the Info
reader that is part of GNU Emacs,
Please report bugs in this stand-alone Info program to
<bug-texinfo@gnu.org>. Bugs in the Emacs Info reader should be sent to
<bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>.
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