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- Notes on the OS/2 .INF Rendering of the Jargon File
- Neal Bridges, April 1992
-
- Personal Notes
- ==============
- I created this .INF rendering of the Jargon File in April, 1992 as part of an
- effort to familiarize myself with GNU AWK and the OS/2 IPF compiler.
-
- Please send any comments, etc. to:
-
- Neal Bridges
- 72441.2223@compuserve.com
- (416) 864-9247
-
- Standard Disclaimer
- ===================
- I disclaim all responsibility for damages caused by the use of these files
- or the information contained therein.
-
- About This Package
- ==================
- The source document for these .INF files was the ASCII version of the
- Jargon File version 2.9.9, massaged via GNU OS/2 AWK version 2.11, and
- compiled to four interdependent .INF files with the OS/2 Information
- Presentation Facility Compiler (IPFC) version 2.0. It has been tested under
- OS/2 version 2.0 GA, and OS/2 1.3, and should work (according to IBM's
- docs) under any version of OS/2 supporting the VIEW utility.
-
- This package is hereby released into the public domain. Kindly don't sell
- it, and be sure not to pay for it.
-
- This is the complete list of the files you should have:
-
- README ; this text
- INT299.INF ; the Jargon File introduction
- 1VOL299.INF ; Lexicon entries from A to M
- 2VOL299.INF ; Lexicon entries from N to [^A-Za-z]
- APP299.INF ; the Jargon File appendices
-
- Caution: Feel free distribute these files, but please distribute them
- together. They are interdependent, and any missing files will
- result in various hypertext links not functioning.
-
- (If you're wondering why there isn't just one big .INF file, it's because
- IPFC 2.0 has certain limitations, one of which is the inability to deal with
- input files having more than 16,000 unique words. To accomodate it, I
- had to break the file into four parts.)
-
- All of these files should be put in one directory (e.g. C:\OS2\BOOK (the
- default .INF directory) or C:\JARGON (or another name of your own
- choosing)). The Jargon File will (just) fit on a 1.2M or 1.44M floppy disk.
- Hard drive installation is recommended for speed, but the giantish size of
- these .INF files may well dictate floppy storage.
-
- Hard Drives Only: If (and only if) you have chosen hard drive
- installation, the directory containing the .INF files
- should then be added to the SET BOOK= line in
- your CONFIG.SYS, for example:
-
- SET BOOK=C:\OS2\BOOK;C:\JARGON
-
- The system will need to be shut down and restarted
- for this change to take effect.
-
- Viewing the Jargon File
- =======================
- 1) To view the Jargon File, set an OS/2 environment variable (in the
- CONFIG.SYS or elsewhere), like this:
-
- Hard Drive Installation:
-
- SET JARGON=INT299.INF+1VOL299.INF+2VOL299.INF+APP299.INF
-
- Floppy Drive Installation:
-
- SET JARGON=A:\INT299.INF+A:\1VOL299.INF+A:\2VOL299.INF+A:\APP299.INF
-
- (note that the .INF extensions are required). Then (from an OS/2
- Command Prompt) use the command:
-
- VIEW JARGON
-
- to view the complete document.
-
- 2) Alternatively, from an OS/2 Command Prompt, type:
-
- VIEW INT299+1VOL299+2VOL299+APP299
-
- Of the two methods, 1) is (IMHO) by far the most convenient.
-
- Note: If you view only one of these sections (for example, 1VOL299.INF),
- double-clicking on a hypertext link to an entry not contained in that
- section will result in an "IPF: Link not found" popup message.
- This is because all four .INF sections of the File have hypertext
- links into the other three. For all the hypertext links to work, the
- entire book must be viewed as per 1) or 2) above.
-
- Finding An Jargon File Entry
- ============================
- There are two ways to find a Jargon File entry.
-
- Slow
- ----
- Let's suppose you want to view the entry for "GNU". You would open the
- Jargon File, expand the branch "A-M", then expand the sub-branch "G to
- Gweep", and then double-click on "GNU".
-
- Fast
- ----
- Assuming you have installed the Jargon File according to method 1)
- above, simply type (from an OS/2 Command Prompt):
-
- VIEW JARGON GNU
-
- Happy Jargon File browsing!
-