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