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diff --git a/Demo/stdwin/ibrowse/README b/Demo/stdwin/ibrowse/README deleted file mode 100644 index 22e4039..0000000 --- a/Demo/stdwin/ibrowse/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -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. |