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- 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.
-
- 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.)
-
- You can give this to someone with great fear of complex computer
- systems, as long as they can use a mouse.
-
- 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.)
-
- 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
-
- python ib.py [file [node]]
-
-
- Configuration:
-
- - 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.
-
- - The default font should be set by editing the value of FONT
- in this module (ibrowse.py).
-
- - For fastest I/O, you may look at BLOCKSIZE and a few other
- constants in ifile.py.
-