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20 .TH INFO 5 "GNU Info" "FSF"
22 info \- readable online documentation
24 The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online
25 documents. It can be read by
31 Info files are usually created from
35 but can be created from scratch if so desired.
37 For a full description of the Texinfo language and associated tools,
38 please see the Texinfo manual (written in Texinfo itself). Most likely,
39 running this command from your shell:
43 or this key sequence from inside Emacs:
45 .I M-x info RET m texinfo RET
49 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-<version>.tar.gz
51 or any GNU mirror site.
53 Please send bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
54 general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
56 info(1), install-info(1), makeinfo(1), texi2dvi(1),