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This is my first attempt at a texinfo version of the
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Linux FAQ. For now I am calling it version 0.00001 and will
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release a new version sometime next week which may be worthy
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to bear the version number 1.0.
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The info format is Gnu's version of hypertext. Alas, I
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have not had the time to properly add all the cross references
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and index terms (they will be in v1.0). Also, the TeX (and
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the info format) are not anywhere near as beautiful as they
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should be (hopefully, this too will be rectified). I also
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left off section 7 for now (this includes the LPD and UUCP
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sections). The reason for all of the above is of course time.
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I said I'd have this out by Friday and with the abridged
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edition, it's out a day early.
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I have uploaded two packages to sunsite and tsx-11.
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You will be able to grab them from sunsite immediately from
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the incoming directory and will have to figure out where
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Ted might hide them on tsx-11 (I'd check under /pub/linux/docs/info).
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The names you will want to look for are linux.info.faq.src.tgz
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and linux.info.faq.tgz.
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The first linux.info.faq.src.tgz contains 5 texinfo files
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which you can use to create TeX or info (or ASCII) versions of
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the FAQ, if you have the texinfo package (from prep.ai.mit.edu ).
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The second linux.info.faq.tgz is for the benefit of
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those without the texinfo package. It contains a stand alone
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info browser (compiled with static libc4.4) and the info files
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created from the above source (as well as info files on how to
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use info).
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If you have emacs, you can use the built in info viewer to
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browse the FAQ. This has the advantage that the arrow keys
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work under Linux, but it is not hard to use without.
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I am assuming that if you grabbed the texinfo sources you
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know what you are doing, so the rest of this file will deal with
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how to install the linux.info.faq.tgz package.
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To install you can:
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1) run the install script (info.install)
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2) install it by hand which involves putting the info
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binary somehere in your path and issuing a 'rehash'
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command and copying the *.info* and 'dir' files to
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/usr/gnu/info.
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To use info, just type 'info' (or if you haven't installed things yet
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and just want to check out the FAQ use 'info -f linux-faq.info'). Once
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you're in info, it's a lot like emacs. If you want to read the FAQ
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straight through, just keep hitting space, otherwise, you'll need to
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learn some keys.
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? = key summary
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h = tutorial (highly recommended)
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SPACE = move forward a page
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DEL = move backward a page
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CTRL-P = previous line
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CTRL-N = next line
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CTRL-F = forward char
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CTRL-b = backward char
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RETURN = activate menu or cross reference when cursor is on the
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line containing it
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m = select menu items by name
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g = goto node (In this FAQ, all the node numbers are
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the old subsection numbers, so if you see a reference
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to section XI, type g XI-00 (the first node in a
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section with the menu is always 00)).
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i = search index for term
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For more useful keys, use the built in help.
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Again, I'm sorry this isn't as beautiful as I think it should
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be. V1.0 should be much better, but I've got other obligations. This
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version is just to see what people think of it. Send flames, comments,
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ideas, corrections, and large sums of cash to sdh@po.cwru.edu.
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Scott
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sdh@po.cwru.edu
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