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22 .TH INFO 5 "GNU Info" "FSF"
24 info \- readable online documentation
26 The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online
27 documents. It can be read by
33 Info files are usually created from
37 but can be created from scratch if so desired.
39 For a full description of the Texinfo language and associated tools,
40 please see the Texinfo manual (written in Texinfo itself). Most likely,
41 running this command from your shell:
45 or this key sequence from inside Emacs:
47 .I M-x info RET m texinfo RET
51 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-<version>.tar.gz
53 or any GNU mirror site.
55 Please send bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
56 general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
58 info(1), install-info(1), makeinfo(1), texi2dvi(1),