the "info" command

[Stepan Kasal]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 05:15:48PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
> The number of people using standalone info is vanishingly small, anyway.
> We're spending too much time on this ...

Hey, Karl!

How else could I read the info documentation?
Yes, I can print it, but if I need a quick reference to an evolving manual,
it's not handy.
Yes, I can fire up a web browser, but it's not convenient for me.

My shell (bash) doesn't support .info files directly.  So I need a program
which can start up quickly and present me the manual.
It could be a script which would start w3m, links, vim in info mode (if it
exists), or even a stripped-down version of emacs.

I don't care whether the default format of installed manuals is .info,
HTML or something else.
But please make sure that I, as a user, can type
        "info autoconf"
and read my beloved manual on my terminal.