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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-04-10 11:47:11 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-04-10 11:47:11 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Demo/ibrowse/README b/Demo/ibrowse/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..22e4039 --- /dev/null +++ b/Demo/ibrowse/README @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +This directory contains a browser written in Python for "Info files" +as used by the Emacs documentation system. The browser requires that +Python is built with the "stdwin" option and runs under X11 or the +Mac window system. + +Now you can read Info files even if you can't spare the memory, time or +disk space to run Emacs. (I have used this extensively on a Macintosh +with 1 Megabyte main memory and a 20 Meg harddisk.) + +You can give this to someone with great fear of complex computer +systems, as long as they can use a mouse. + +Another reason to use this is to encourage the use of Info for on-line +documentation of software that is not related to Emacs or GNU. +(In particular, I plan to redo the Python and STDWIN documentation +in texinfo.) + +The main program is in file "ib.py"; this accepts a file name and a +node name as optional command line arguments, i.e., its usage is + + python ib.py [file [node]] + + +Configuration: + +- The pathname of the directory (or directories) containing +the standard Info files should be set by editing the +value assigned to INFOPATH in module ifile.py. + +- The default font should be set by editing the value of FONT +in this module (ibrowse.py). + +- For fastest I/O, you may look at BLOCKSIZE and a few other +constants in ifile.py. |