info 命令和手册页

Question

Fedora 19 {虽然我怀疑这是否相关]

如果我调用info了一个主题，实际上并没有一个命令info节点，但确实有一个手册页，info显然将创建一个名为节点(*manpages*)<topic>从该名男子页-对飞。

我在任何地方都找不到此功能的记录，也找不到（显然）它是如何完成的描述。

任何人都可以指点我一些关于此的文档吗？

Answer 1

我检查了GNU 独立信息手册和GNU 信息手册，除了一个表明此功能存在的小迹象之外什么也没发现。在选项 --all 的描述中我们可以读到：

--全部-a

Find all files matching the given menu-item (a file or node name).
Three usage patterns are supported, as follows.

First, if --all is used together with --where, info prints the names
of all matching files found on standard output (including *manpages*
if relevant) and exits.

所以恐怕唯一的文档就是源代码。在info.c中你可以找到以下函数。查找“返回到加载手册页”。评论。

/* Get the initial Info file, either by following menus from "(dir)Top",
   or what the user specifed with values in filename. */
static char *
get_initial_file (char *filename, int *argc, char ***argv, char **error)
{
  char *initial_file = 0;           /* First file loaded by Info. */
  REFERENCE *entry;

  /* If there are any more arguments, the initial file is the
     dir entry given by the first one. */
  if (!filename && (*argv)[0])
    {
      /* If they say info -O info, we want to show them the invocation node
         for standalone info; there's nothing useful in info.texi.  */
      if (goto_invocation_p && (*argv)[0]
          && mbscasecmp ((*argv)[0], "info") == 0)
        (*argv)[0] = "info-stnd";

      entry = lookup_dir_entry ((*argv)[0], 0);
      if (entry)
        {
          initial_file = info_find_fullpath (entry->filename, 0);
          if (initial_file)
            {
              (*argv)++; /* Advance past first remaining argument. */
              (*argc)--;

              /* Store full path, so that we find the already loaded file in
                 info_find_file, and show the full path if --where is used. */
              entry->filename = initial_file;
              add_pointer_to_array (info_copy_reference (entry),
                  ref_index, ref_list, ref_slots, 2);
              return initial_file;
            }
        }
    }

  /* User used "--file". */
  if (filename)
    {
      initial_file = info_find_fullpath (filename, 0);

      if (!initial_file)
        {
          if (filesys_error_number)
            *error = filesys_error_string (filename, filesys_error_number);
        }
      else
        return initial_file;
    }

  /* File name lookup. */
  if (!filename && (*argv)[0])
    {
      /* Try finding a file with this name, in case
         it exists, but wasn't listed in dir. */
      initial_file = info_find_fullpath ((*argv)[0], 0);
      if (initial_file)
        {
          (*argv)++; /* Advance past first remaining argument. */
          (*argc)--;
          return initial_file;
        }
      else
        asprintf (error, _("No menu item `%s' in node `%s'."),
            (*argv)[0], "(dir)Top");
    }

  /* Fall back to loading man page. */
  if (filename || (*argv)[0])
    {
      NODE *man_node;

      debug (3, ("falling back to manpage node"));

      man_node = get_manpage_node (filename ? filename : (*argv)[0]);
      if (man_node)
        {
          add_pointer_to_array
            (info_new_reference (MANPAGE_FILE_BUFFER_NAME,
               filename ? filename : (*argv)[0]),
             ref_index, ref_list, ref_slots, 2);

          initial_file = MANPAGE_FILE_BUFFER_NAME;
          return initial_file;
        }
    }

  /* Inexact dir lookup. */
  if (!filename && (*argv)[0])
    {
      entry = lookup_dir_entry ((*argv)[0], 1);
      if (entry)
        {
          (*argv)++; /* Advance past first remaining argument. */
          (*argc)--;
          /* Clear error message. */
          free (*error);
          *error = 0;

          initial_file = info_find_fullpath (entry->filename, 0);
          /* Store full path, so that we find the already loaded file in
             info_find_file, and show the full path if --where is used. */
          entry->filename = initial_file;
          add_pointer_to_array (info_copy_reference (entry),
              ref_index, ref_list, ref_slots, 2);
          return initial_file;
        }
    }

  /* Otherwise, we want the dir node.  The only node to be displayed
     or output will be "Top". */
  return 0;
}

man.h包含 MANPAGE_FILE_BUFFER_NAME 的定义：

#define MANPAGE_FILE_BUFFER_NAME "*manpages*"