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cmd:tkInfo 

tk info viewer

info file not found 

Symptom 

  • command 'info' can bring up the default page /usr/share/info/dir while tkinfo can not.
  • command 'info grep' can find the grep info page while tkinfo can not.

Solution 

export INFOPATH=/usr/share/info:/export/pkg/info:/usr/bin/info:/usr/local/share/info

Trying History 

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$ export INFOPATH=/export/pkg/info:/usr/bin/info:/usr/local/share/info:/usr/share/info
$ tkinfo &
will bring up /export/pkg/info/dir as the top page
$tkinfo grep &

can find the grep info page

info file not found, still 

Symptom 

after setting the above INFOPATH, there are still some rudimentary command info not found.

$ evs INFOPATH
INFOPATH='/usr/share/info:/export/pkg/info:/usr/bin/info:/usr/local/share/info'
$ tkinfo sort &

— info file not found

Solution 

give up tkinfo, and use ess to browse info. Emacs provides more functionality. Or even use the text based info command.


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