Re: Converting info files to text

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From: B.A.McCauley
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <5dta61$5fe@news.mel.aone.net.au> daveney@altus.speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney) writes:
>Does anyone have any bright ideas as to how to convert the *.info files into
>regular text so I can read them with vi.
>
>Just a pointer in the right direction would be enough, something like
>"user _this_ package".

Use "cat" or "cp" or "dd" :-)

Info files *are* regular text files.  Yes they have some markup to
implement the hypertext - but it's not hidden markup, what you see is
what you get.

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From: B.A.McCauley@bham.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Converting info files to text
Date: 1997/02/14
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