Sure, I understand that. But, for the most part, the "info" files are human readable. If you *REALLY* want to use Skim to read the info file, then use Skim as a glorified "less."
--Ted Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Right. Well, it does work to some extent, but does not give what you > want. An .info file is not the literal text you see, but some format > that is displayed by the info command. And 'info' also does not have > an option to output pdf or something AFAIK. > > Christiaan > > On 15 Mar 2008, at 5:14 PM, Ted Pavlic wrote: > >>> texi2pdf `info -w tar` | open -f -a Skim >> So, >> >> cat `info -w tar` | enscript -p - | open -f -a Skim >> >> isn't acceptable, right? >> >> --Ted >> >> >>> Christiaan >>> >>>>> On 3/14/08 5:46 PM, "Bill Mohler" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm looking up information on the "tar" command in Unix, and the >>>>>> end >>>>>> of the man page says that a much more current manual should >>>>>> exist in >>>>>> the format of a Texinfo file. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I tried "info -t tar | open -f -a Skim" to see if I could >>>>>> read in >>>>>> Skim as I have been doing with man files. >>>>>> >>>>>> First I got an error about -t. >>>>> [...] >>>>>> Anyone willing to coach me here? I think I'm getting close ;) >>>>> Just open the file in TextEdit and then make a PDF. >>>>> >>>>> What's the big? >>>>> >>>>> info tar | open -f -a TextEdit >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Gary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>>>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >>> >> -- >> Ted Pavlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > -- Ted Pavlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
