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Bug#645173: marked as done ("info info" mentions 'h' for the tutorial instead of 'H')

Your message dated Sat, 27 Apr 2019 15:08:10 +0200
with message-id <20190427130810.enrzex6nkjq7n5p6@enricozini.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#645173: "info info" mentions 'h' for the tutorial instead of 'H'
has caused the Debian Bug report #645173,
regarding "info info" mentions 'h' for the tutorial instead of 'H'
to be marked as done.

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Package: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Version: 4.13a-1
Severity: normal

Hello,

if I run 'info info', it says:

   If you are new to the Info reader and want to learn how to use it,
   type the command `h' now.  It brings you to a programmed instruction
   sequence.

However, if I press 'h', I get a quick help, not the tutorial. For the
tutorial I need to press 'H'.

I wanted to show someone who can't use info how if one types 'info
info', one gets walked through everything and taught how to use it.
Instead the message that comes out is that the system not only has an
interface grown out of historical reasons to be awkward and obscure for
today's standards, but it also does its best to confuse new users even
more by providing false information :(

Luckily, at least the tutorial instruction is easy to fix.


Ciao,

Enrico

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

texinfo-doc-nonfree depends on no packages.

Versions of packages texinfo-doc-nonfree recommends:
ii  info  4.13a.dfsg.1-8

texinfo-doc-nonfree suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 10:00:00AM +0200, Hilmar Preuße wrote:

> This documentation describes the stand-alone Info reader which you can
> use to read Info documentation.
> 
>    If you are new to the Info reader, then you can get started by typing
> 'H' for a list of basic key bindings.  You can read through the rest of
> this manual by typing <SPC> and <DEL> (or <Space> and <Backspace>) to
> move forwards and backwards in it.
> 
> ...and is correct. So the issue has been solved somehow. Can we close it?

Sure thing, thanks!


Enrico

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