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authorJohn Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>1992-05-12 02:10:59 +0000
committerJohn Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>1992-05-12 02:10:59 +0000
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Say how to read the `info' files.
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+Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
+
+ * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
+
Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
* Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 96bf3b2..a11134c 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -7540,6 +7540,10 @@ GDB includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version of
this manual in the @file{gdb} subdirectory. The main Info file is
@file{gdb-@var{version-number}/gdb/gdb.info}, and it refers to
subordinate files matching @samp{gdb.info*} in the same directory.
+You can read these files
+by hand if necessary, but they are easier to read using the @code{info}
+subsystem in GNU Emacs, or by using the standalone @code{info} program,
+available as part of the texinfo distribution.
If you want to format these Info files yourself, you need one of the
Info formatting programs, such as @code{texinfo-format-buffer} or