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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

TkInfo 2.8

Summary

Description: Graphical browser for info files
Source: http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/tkinfo/

Support

This package is available for all platforms. This package is unsupported and provided on an as-is basis.

Description

Most GNU software documentation is written in the texinfo format (a very restricted dialect of TeX) and then converted to the info hypertext file format; TkInfo is a graphical browser for these hypertext files. It has an intuitive point and click interface, supports multiple windows, and maintains a history of recently visited nodes.

Changes

2.8 2004-03-22

Now works correctly with identically named info files in different directories.

2.5 2002-01-05

Various user interface improvements and additional keybindings to match other info readers (i, ], [, {, and }). Added a maual page. Better processing of XEmacs info pages and better searching for the correct info page. Support for bzip2-compressed info pages.

Files

   Programs: tkinfo
  Man Pages: tkinfo(1)

Accuracy

This information reflects the version of this package that is installed in Stanford's site-wide pubsw software tree. Newer versions of the package may be available from the package source. The contents of this page, including the source URL if applicable, are generally only reviewed when the package is upgraded and therefore may not accurately reflect the current version of the package.

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