| This directory contains a browser written in Python for "Info files" |
| as used by the Emacs documentation system. The browser requires that |
| Python is built with the "stdwin" option and runs under X11 or the |
| Mac window system. |
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| Now you can read Info files even if you can't spare the memory, time or |
| disk space to run Emacs. (I have used this extensively on a Macintosh |
| with 1 Megabyte main memory and a 20 Meg harddisk.) |
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| You can give this to someone with great fear of complex computer |
| systems, as long as they can use a mouse. |
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| Another reason to use this is to encourage the use of Info for on-line |
| documentation of software that is not related to Emacs or GNU. |
| (In particular, I plan to redo the Python and STDWIN documentation |
| in texinfo.) |
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| The main program is in file "ib.py"; this accepts a file name and a |
| node name as optional command line arguments, i.e., its usage is |
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| python ib.py [file [node]] |
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| Configuration: |
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| - The pathname of the directory (or directories) containing |
| the standard Info files should be set by editing the |
| value assigned to INFOPATH in module ifile.py. |
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| - The default font should be set by editing the value of FONT |
| in this module (ibrowse.py). |
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| - For fastest I/O, you may look at BLOCKSIZE and a few other |
| constants in ifile.py. |