info-stnd: Stand-alone Info

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1 1 Stand-alone Info
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1 The "Info" program described here is a stand-alone program, part of the
1 Texinfo distribution, which is used to view Info files on a text
1 terminal.  "Info files" are typically the result of processing Texinfo
1 files with the program 'makeinfo' (also in the Texinfo distribution).
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1    Texinfo itself (⇒(texinfo)Top) is a documentation system that
1 uses a single source file to produce both on-line information and
1 printed output.  You can typeset and print the files that you read in
1 Info.
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1    GNU Emacs also provides an Info reader (just type 'M-x info' in
1 Emacs).  Emacs Info and stand-alone Info have nearly identical user
1 interfaces, although customization and other details are different (this
1 manual explains the stand-alone Info reader).  The Emacs Info reader
1 supports the X Window System and other such bitmapped interfaces, not
1 just plain ASCII, so if you want a prettier display for Info files, you
1 should try it.  You can use Emacs Info without using Emacs for anything
1 else.  (Type 'C-x C-c' to exit; this also works in the stand-alone Info
1 reader.)  ⇒(info)Top for a tutorial and more background
1 information about the Info system, as well as information about the Info
1 reader that is part of GNU Emacs,
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1    Please report bugs in this stand-alone Info program to
1 <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>.  Bugs in the Emacs Info reader should be sent to
1 <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>.
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