From:	ryot AT bigfoot DOT com (George Ryot)
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Subject:	Re: INFO usage in README.1ST
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

I am fairly new to info so probably a good candidate to try this
readme out on.  All the examples worked but when I tried to use my new
found knowledge to call up the index in the libc documentation (by
pressing i) it just beeped and said 'No indices found'.  If not all
info files have this feature then IMHO it would be better to change
the order of these paragraphs:

> To quickly search for a certain subject in the index of a manual,
> press `i' ...
> 
> For example, suppose you get the infamous message "ld.exe: ...
> 
> If you prefer to look up the subject in the index yourself, page
> through the top-level menu of the manual until you find ...

Those paragraphs could become:

  To look up a subject in the index, page through the top-level ...

  Some manuals allow you to search the index, to do this press 'i' ...

  For example, suppose you get the infamous message "ld.exe: ...


I would have found this guide very useful when starting with DJGPP.
-- 
george

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