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Old 03-01-2013, 01:15 PM   #1
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emacs: open info files properly


How does one use info files within Emacs, i.e., info documents other than the info manual? When I open them with "emacs /path/to/info/file" emacs opens them in their raw format (in fundamental mode). And there doesn't seem to be an M-X info-mode command.

I want to view them in Emacs instead of Gnu info for a few reasons, but especially because Emacs displays them in color. I am running Emacs 23.4.1.
 
Old 03-01-2013, 03:11 PM   #2
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Did some more online research. The command C-u C-h i FILEPATH <RET> seems to work just fine.
 
  


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