Q: When I run the Info browser, it tells me it cannot find the node
"Top".
Q: Sometimes, when I mistype the name of the Info topic,
info.exe seems to hang....
A: Check your installation of info files. The file DJGPP.ENV
in the root of your DJGPP installation mentions the variable
INFOPATH which should point to the directory where Info looks for
its files. It must find there a file named DIR, the file you are
trying to read, and other files with .iNN or .NN extension,
where NN is a number. Also, make sure you didn't edit the
beginning of DJGPP.ENV, where the value of %DJDIR% is
computed; if you did, try the original DJGPP.ENV.
Also, the DJGPP environment variable should be set to point to
the full pathname of the file DJGPP.ENV. See problems with DJGPP variable setting, for a description of some frequent problems
with setting the DJGPP variable.
Assuming the above checks OK, and all the necessary info files are
indeed installed in those directories (did you remember to give that
-d switch to PKUNZIP when unzipping all DJGPP packages?),
it might be that you have an old version of info.exe. Upgrading
to version 3.12 or later should solve several problems which cause Info
to complain about the "Top" node, or at least make its error messages
more self-explaining.
Some people unzip the txi40b.zip file with
WinZip and fail to disable its feature whereby by default each zip file
is unzipped into a separate directory. This disrupts the DJGPP
directory structure and break almost every DJGPP package, including
Info. You need to unzip all DJGPP files under the same
directory!
Another possibility is that the file DIR or the Info file that
you want to browse is corrupted. For example, it might be a compressed
file, but without the tell-tale .gz or similar extension that
tells info.exe to decompress it. You could examine the offending
file(s) with a text editor, and re-install them as needed.
If you invoke Info with a name of a topic that is non-existent or not
installed on your system, and you don't have a man command or its
clone installed, versions of Info before 3.12 would wait for 15 seconds
before they print an error message and exit. If you think Info is
wedged, wait for 15 seconds and see what happens then. The DJGPP port
of Texinfo 3.12 removes this misfeature, so upgrade if you can.