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- !Help file for !Ibrowse
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- !Ibrowse is a browser for gnu Info files.
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- This version includes Info files for the Python library.
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- !Ibrowse requires the filer to have seen the !Python application.
- It requires the toolbox modules to run.
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- The main info reader files are part of the Python distribution.
- This has been supplied with a toolbox front end.
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- Note that the Info file supplied on Ibrowse itself is for the command line
- version. The keyboard commands that it supplies are not supported by !Ibrowse.
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- Operation of !Ibrowse
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- Click on the iconbar icon to bring up a window with the directory node.
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- This node can be returned to with the [Dir] button.
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- The [Next] [Prev] [Up] and [Last] buttons move around the info tree.
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- A list of menu nodes can be found on the first menu button, select these to
- move as required.
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- A node can be reached by clicking [Move] with its name in the writable icon.
- Nodes are named "name" or "(file)".
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- A string in a file can be searched for by clicking [Find] with the string
- in the writeable icon.
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- If the node has footnotes these are accessible rom the second menu button.
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- The [Clone] button produces a second window showing the same node.
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- Adding new info files
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- Place the files in !Ibrowse.files
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- Add a link to the top file in the !Ibrowse.files.DIR file.
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- This has the format:
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- * Name:(filename). Description.
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- Chris Stretch
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