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<article lang="&language;" id="info">
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<title>Info</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Malcolm</firstname><surname>Hunter</surname><affiliation><address><email>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit>
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<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>
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<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>
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<screen><userinput><command>info:/</command>gcc</userinput></screen>
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<para>This would show you the top level node of the Info documentation for the <command>gcc</command> compiler.</para>
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<para>Info is a <acronym>GNU</acronym> replacement for <command>man</command>, but is not widely used outside of <acronym>GNU</acronym> software.</para>
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<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>
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</article>
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