Hello Keith >> info: Terminal type 'dumb' is not smart enough to run Info. >> > This is the precise message I was referring to, in my earlier post, > when I said I could not run info 4.6 from cmd.exe. > > I normally use the MSYS shell, ... > > GnuWin32 does provide a termcap implementation, so it may help to > experiment with that. > Thanks for the many hints. When I have time, I will play a little bit with that.
Well, I spent already some time with it and found, that 'less' work perfectly on my cmd.exe shell. Neither 'less' nor 'info' change their behaviour if I change the TERM environment variable -- except that 'info' will complain about the stupidity of vt100 or of whatever I will set TERM -- independent whether a corresponding entry exist or not within the gnuwin32-path/etc/termcap file. I have also set a TERMCAP environment variable to gnuwin32-path/etc/termcap as well as to gnuwin32-path\etc\termcap. No influence. Perhaps I first must find a program that tests the settings and functionality of termcap in order to know if I do the right thing or not. I am not an experienced gnuwinner ;-) > However, as a Q&D work around, I have found that I can install > the GnuWin32 texinfo 4.6 components into my MSYS shell PATH -- > *except* for info.exe -- > I do something analogous: I install GnuWin32 texinfo-4.6 *except* info.exe in my gnuwin32-path/bin folder and take the info.exe along with the required dlls from cygwin :-\ Thanks again for all hints! Mathias -- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
