<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % Turkish "INCLUDE"> <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;" id="info"> <title>Info</title> <para>Info is a type of documentation. The documents are in a file format called texinfo, and can be read on the command line with the <command>info</command> program.</para> <para>The Info ioslave allows you to read the info pages installed on your system, from within &konqueror;. You can use it very easily:</para> <screen><userinput><command>info:/</command>gcc</userinput></screen> <para>This would show you the top level node of the Info documentation for the <command>gcc</command> compiler.</para> <para>Info is a <acronym>GNU</acronym> replacement for <command>man</command>, but is not widely used outside of <acronym>GNU</acronym> software.</para> <para>You can quite easily browse the info documentation you have installed from within the &khelpcenter; application, or you can use the info ioslave directly from within both &konqueror; and the mini-cli.</para> </article>