INFOPATH
A colon (``:'') separated list of directories to search for info files. More directories can be given with -dir options, above. If not set, tkinfo will try various standard directories that should be ok for most systems.
tkinfo1
Program to view gnu info files
Usage
tkinfo [--help]
[{-headers | +headers}]
[{-buttons | +buttons}]
[{-scrollthrough | +scrollthrough}]
[{-pagesep | +pagesep}]
[{-showdir | +showdir}]
[{-balloons | +balloons}]
[-linklook
type]
[-highlight
type]
[-searchlook
type]
[-geometry
geom]
[-display
display]
[-iconic]
[-dir
dir1]
[-dir
dir2] ...
[node]
Overview
tkinfo is a graphical browser for documentation in the GNU Info hypertext format.
Options
-
--help -
Produces a short help message.
-/+headers-
Turns on/off display of the raw info node headers in the first line of the window. Default is on.
-/+buttons-
Turns on/off display of the button row. Default is on.
-/+balloons-
Turns on/off balloonhelp for the buttons. Default is on.
-/+scrollthrough-
Turns on/off jumping to the successor node when attempting to scroll at the bottom of a node. Default is on.
-/+pagesep-
Turns on/off inserting of page separators when scrolling page-wise. Default is on.
-/+showdir-
Turns on/off showing the full pathname of the displayed info file. Default is off.
-
-linklook type -
Specifies how to display cross references and menu entries. type must be one of "color", "font", or "underline". Default is "color" on color displays and "underline" on black and white displays.
-
-highlight type -
Specifies how to highlight links. type must be one of "color", "inverse", or "underline". Default is "inverse".
-
-searchlook type -
Specifies how to highlight matches after searches. type must be one of "color", "inverse", or "underline". Default is "inverse".
-
-geometry geom -
Geometry of the window. geom must be of the form XxY+A+B or XxY or +A+B, where X and Y specify the size of the window in characters and A and B the location in pixels.
-
-display display -
X display to use for the
tkinfowindow.
-
-iconic -
Start the first window in iconic state.
-
-dir dir -
Specifies directories to search for info files, in addition to those contained in the INFOPATH environment variable. The directories specified with -dir will be searched first, in the order given.
- node
-
Specifies the info node to visit initially. Possible formats for node are:
"(filename)nodename" most general
"(filename)" equivalent to (filename)Top
"filename" equivalent to (filename).
If filename is not absolute, the info directories (from INFOPATH and -dir) will be searched. If filename cannot be found, its lower case version will be tried.
An alternative way to specify the node "(FILE)NODE" is with "-file FILE -node NODE".
If no node is given, the default node "(dir)Top" is used.
Environment
-
INFOSUFFIX -
A colon separated list of file suffixes to try when searching for an info file. If not set,
tkinfowill try the suffixes "", ".info", and "-info". In addition,tkinfowill always automatically try the suffixes .Z, .z, and .gz and deal with the compressed file if necessary.
Releases
16 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 4 times.
--help since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-dir since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-display since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-geometry since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-highlight since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-iconic since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-linklook since Debian 2.0 (Hamm);
-searchlook since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).