Re: Making it possible to extend implicit INFOPATH

[Reuben Thomas]

On Fri, 2 May 2008, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:33:53 +0100 (BST)
> > From: Reuben Thomas <address@hidden>
> > cc: address@hidden
> >
> > "info standalone" gives me "no menu item".
>
> Do you have info-stnd.info file in your Info directory?  If so, that's
> the manual you are looking for.

Yes!

> By looking at the menu items related to Texinfo in your DIR file, I
> guess.

I normally only do that for non-program manuals.

> How else?  How did you know about the others?

I assume that given a program "foo" with info documentation, I can type
"info foo", just as for most programs I can type "man foo".

> > It could usefully be mentioned in the top node of info.info
>
> It's mentioned in the "Advanced" node.

I suggest mentioning it in the top node. The manual for the info reader is 
going to be one of the first things many info users want to read, and 
they're unlikely at an early stage to look under "advanced" to find this 
information. If, like me, they're used to man, and try "info info" it would 
be helpful to disabuse them of their misapprehension immediately.

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