Re: setedit

[ACS/Neil Parks]

On  6 Dec 00 at 9:46, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, ACS/Neil Parks wrote:
> > Have tried both setedit and infview on both Linux and DOS, and all four 
> > seem 
> > to work exactly the same way.  All can read gawk.info 3.0.6 with no problem 
> > that I have encountered.
> 
> I'm confused: are you saying that there is no problem with InfView?
> Isn't the Gawk Info file the one where the original problem that
> started this thread (InfView wedges) was discovered?

Nope.  The texinfo.info file is the one that started the thread.  Both 
setedit and infview (under RH Linux 5.2) choke on a footnote in the 
"Overview" node of "the Texinfo manual".
 
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Neil Parks wrote:

>   Setedit v0.4.41. Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Salvador E. Tropea
>   InfView v0.2.6. Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Salvador E. Tropea
>
>   Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo)
>   Kernel 2.0.36 on an i686
>
> I have a problem trying to read the following info file when using either
> setedit or infview, both of which I like much better than info.
>
> "Edition 4.0 of the Texinfo manual, updated 28 September 1999."
>
> >From the top node, select the second option, "Overview".  From that node,
> select the first option, "Overview-Footnote-1".
>
> The computer locks up.


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