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1 This release of Info is version 2.11. Please read the file README. |
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3 Version 2.11, Sat Apr 1 09:15:21 1995 |
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5 Changes since 2.7 beta: |
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7 Although the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits |
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8 fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes |
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9 that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the |
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10 (dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir" |
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11 directories among other things. Info files may be stored in |
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12 compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which |
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13 do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the |
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14 menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the |
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15 current document. This means that the menu item: |
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16 |
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17 * Info:: The Info documentation reader. |
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18 |
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19 in (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top". |
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20 |
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21 Please see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other |
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22 changes. |
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23 |
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24 Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992 |
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25 Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992 |
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26 Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992 |
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27 Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992 |
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28 Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992 |
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29 Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992 |
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30 Version 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992 |
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31 |
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32 Changes since 2.5 beta: |
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33 |
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34 Note that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group. |
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35 |
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36 * "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands. |
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37 |
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38 * Automatic footnote display. When you enter a node which contains |
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39 footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops |
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40 up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that |
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41 node, the window containing the footnotes goes away. |
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42 |
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43 * Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions. |
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44 |
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45 Use: |
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46 o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation |
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47 o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does. |
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48 o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation. |
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49 o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function. |
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50 |
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51 * Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows"). If |
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52 the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or |
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53 deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled. |
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54 |
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55 * You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the |
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56 `--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an |
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57 alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting |
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58 input on the command line `info < old-dribble'. |
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59 |
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60 * New behaviour of menu items. If the label is the same as the |
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61 target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file, |
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62 treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR" |
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63 might contain: |
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64 |
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65 * Emacs:: Cool text-editor. |
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66 |
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67 Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)" |
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68 would be tried. |
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69 |
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70 * New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with |
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71 8-bit character sets. |
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72 |
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73 * Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the |
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74 window which shows possible completions. |
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75 |
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76 * Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c |
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77 maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results |
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78 to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are |
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79 supported. The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it. |
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80 |
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81 * There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says |
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82 it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which |
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83 was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in |
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84 any history node. |
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85 |
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86 * New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating |
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87 previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a |
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88 menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some |
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89 window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of |
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90 the node names with completion. |
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91 |
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92 * Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at |
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93 the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the |
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94 cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line. |
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95 |
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96 * Interruptible display implemented. Basic display speedups and hacks. |
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97 * The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says. |
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98 * Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved. |
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99 * When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling |
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100 will happen. |
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101 |
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102 * Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `[' |
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103 (info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric |
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104 arguments, moving that many nodes in that case. |
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105 |
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106 * `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width |
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107 of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is |
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108 displayed in the rightmost column of the window. |
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109 |
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110 * There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info |
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111 interactively. The current list of variables is as follows: |
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112 |
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113 Variable Name Default Value Description |
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114 ------------- ------------- ----------- |
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115 `automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and |
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116 disappear automatically. |
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117 |
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118 `automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a |
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119 window resizes other windows. |
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120 |
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121 `visible-bell' Off If non-zero, try to use a visible bell. |
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122 |
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123 `errors-ring-bell' On If non-zero, errors cause a ring. |
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124 |
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125 `show-index-match' On If non-zero, the portion of the string |
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126 matched is highlighted by changing its |
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127 case. |
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128 |
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129 `scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or |
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130 "Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from |
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131 scrolling past the bottom or top of a node. |
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132 "Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to |
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133 be selected when you scroll past the bottom |
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134 or top of a node. "Continous" moves |
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135 linearly through the files hierchichal |
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136 structure. |
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137 |
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138 `scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when |
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139 the cursor moves out of the current window. |
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140 Non-zero means it is the number of lines |
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141 you would like the screen to shift. A |
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142 value of 0 means to center the line |
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143 containing the cursor in the window. |
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144 |
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145 `gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the |
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146 file buffer space allocated to a file which |
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147 was compressed, if, and only if, that |
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148 file's contents do not appear in the node |
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149 list of any window. |
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150 |
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151 `ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO |
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152 Latin character set. By default, standard |
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153 ASCII characters are assumed. |
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154 ________________________________________ |
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155 This release of Info is version 2.5 beta. |
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156 |
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157 Changes since 2.4 beta: |
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158 |
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159 * Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented. |
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160 * "configure" script now shipped with Info. |
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161 * New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables. |
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162 * User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This |
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163 supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta. |
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164 |
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165 ________________________________________ |
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166 This release of Info is version 2.4 beta. |
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167 |
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168 Changes since 2.3 beta: |
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169 |
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170 * info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file. |
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171 * info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history. |
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172 * info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is |
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173 not necessarily "Top"! |
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174 * SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative |
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175 message when pressed at the end/beg of a node. |
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176 |
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177 ---------------------------------------- |
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178 This release of Info is version 2.3 beta. |
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179 |
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180 Changes since 2.2 beta: |
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181 |
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182 * M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined. Variable in Makefile. |
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183 * Screen height changes made quite robust. |
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184 * Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes. |
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185 * Scrolling on some terminals is faster now. |
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186 * C-l with numeric arguement is fixed. |
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187 |
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188 ---------------------------------------- |
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189 This release of Info is version 2.2 beta. |
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190 |
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191 Changes since 2.0: |
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192 |
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193 * C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches. |
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194 * Incremental search is fully implemented. |
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195 * Loading large tag tables is much faster now. |
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196 * makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds. |
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197 * Scrolling in redisplay is implemented. |
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198 * Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust. |
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199 * Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes. |
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