Say how to read the `info' files.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 47111ac9cbb944afaf67220421b6b2cfd0fd4761..454abe4738943525903613537411bebf6a7273da 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
+
+       * gdb.texinfo:  Say how to read the `info' files.
+
 Tue May  5 12:11:38 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 
        * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 96bf3b245bba899976e45d8e8001ef76f959a6ca..a11134c996da59102f6689c2763d9a1a0eea18b9 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -7540,6 +7540,10 @@ GDB includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version of
 this manual in the @file{gdb} subdirectory.  The main Info file is
 @file{gdb-@var{version-number}/gdb/gdb.info}, and it refers to
 subordinate files matching @samp{gdb.info*} in the same directory.
+You can read these files
+by hand if necessary, but they are easier to read using the @code{info}
+subsystem in GNU Emacs, or by using the standalone @code{info} program,
+available as part of the texinfo distribution.
 
 If you want to format these Info files yourself, you need one of the
 Info formatting programs, such as @code{texinfo-format-buffer} or