<article lang="&language;" id="info"> <title >Info</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> </articleinfo> <para >Info is a type of documentation. The documents are in a file format called texinfo, and can be read on the command line with the <command >info</command > program.</para> <para >The Info ioslave allows you to read the info pages installed on your system, from within &konqueror;. You can use it very easily:</para> <screen ><userinput ><command >info:/</command >gcc</userinput ></screen> <para >This would show you the top level node of the Info documentation for the <command >gcc</command > compiler.</para> <para >Info is a <acronym >GNU</acronym > replacement for <command >man</command >, but is not widely used outside of <acronym >GNU</acronym > software.</para> <para >You can quite easily browse the info documentation you have installed from within the &khelpcenter; application, or you can use the info ioslave directly from within both &konqueror; and the mini-cli.</para> </article>