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branch master updated: * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info) <--show-opti


From: Gavin D. Smith
Subject: branch master updated: * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info) <--show-options>: Say something about where the name of the program comes from. Report from Akbarkhon Variskhanov <address@hidden>.
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 04:29:35 -0500

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     new f03dd55bb8 * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info) <--show-options>: Say 
something about where the name of the program comes from. Report from Akbarkhon 
Variskhanov <akbarkhon.variskhanov@gmail.com>.
f03dd55bb8 is described below

commit f03dd55bb8cf18863f0e4e7eea44b1a107046b87
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 30 09:29:21 2022 +0000

    * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info) <--show-options>:
    Say something about where the name of the program comes from.
    Report from Akbarkhon Variskhanov <akbarkhon.variskhanov@gmail.com>.
---
 ChangeLog          |  6 ++++++
 doc/info-stnd.texi | 14 ++++++++------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 20494e1659..cd990b256e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2022-01-28  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info) <--show-options>:
+       Say something about where the name of the program comes from.
+       Report from Akbarkhon Variskhanov <akbarkhon.variskhanov@gmail.com>.
+
 2022-01-28  Patrice Dumas  <pertusus@free.fr>
 
        * tp/Texinfo/Convert/Converter.pm (converter),
diff --git a/doc/info-stnd.texi b/doc/info-stnd.texi
index 6a3a8e1fba..52e38eb595 100644
--- a/doc/info-stnd.texi
+++ b/doc/info-stnd.texi
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ This manual is for Stand-alone GNU Info (version 
@value{VERSION},
 @value{UPDATED}), a program for viewing documents in Info format
 (usually created from Texinfo source files).
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001,
-2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
-2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
+2001-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -487,9 +486,12 @@ sequences are dropped.
 @cindex @code{--show-options} (@code{--usage}, @code{-O}) command line option
 @cindex command-line options, how to find
 @cindex invocation description, how to find
-Tell Info to look for the node that describes how to invoke the
-program and its command-line options, and begin the session by
-displaying that node.  It is provided to make it easier to find the
+Look for the node that describes how to invoke the
+program.  The name of the program is taken from the other non-option
+arguments on the command line.  For example, @samp{info emacs -O} loads
+the @code{Emacs Invocation} node of the @code{emacs} manual.
+
+This option is provided to make it easier to find the
 most important usage information in a manual without navigating
 through menu hierarchies.  The effect is similar to the @code{@kbd{M-x}
 goto-invocation} command (@pxref{goto-invocation}) from inside Info.



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