DTINFOLIB(5)

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version 2.5.3 · 2 versions
, in nixos 26.05

💖 DtInfoLib — bestie's guide to the book-case collection 💖

okay so real quick: this is the manual page for DtInfoLib(file format) — yes, that's the section-5 file format one, we love a format page ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

DtInfoLib — literally just a collection of book cases that you browse with dtinfo. that's it. that's the vibe 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

DtInfo_LoadInfoLib

Criteria:

  • DATA_ATTRIBUTES_NAME: DtInfoLib
  • NAME_PATTERN: ?*.dti*
  • CONTENT: 0 filename .oli
  • MODE: d|l
  • LINK_NAME: ?*.dti*

Attributes:

  • TYPE_LABEL: DtInfoLib
  • DESCRIPTION: On-line documentation for the Information Manager.
  • ICON: Dtinlib
  • PROPERTIES: NULL
  • ACTIONS: Open
  • IS_TEXT: false (could be true for criteria 2 match) 👀
  • INSTANCE_ICON Field: [available for publisher-supplied or user's infolib icon] 🎨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

DtInfoLib is a desktop object, and what it represents is a whole collection of book cases full of documents that you can get to through the CDE Information Manager. the DtInfoLib data criteria and data attributes are identified for use by desktop facilities, and ngl they're part of the CDE built-in data types. built in, iconic, periodt 👑

so like, DtInfoLib is a directory — it holds the collection of book cases available for a given information library. and here's the tea 🍵: the contents of the DtInfoLib directory are not visible to the end-user through the desktop. hidden. mysterious. we respect it.

the DtInfoLib object can be launched directly by double-clicking on the associated icon, or by dragging that icon onto the Information Manager icon in the File Manager or on the Front Panel. drag-and-drop slay 💅

🦋 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🦋

  • DTINFOLIBSEARCHPATH — if it's defined, this env var may be used to find the default infolib (or infolibs, plural, we contain multitudes) for the system. if provided, the dtinfo command line argument given with the -l option overrides the environment. and if none of the other path mechanisms are used, the browser falls back to the standard CDE path. priorities, bestie 📋

💜 ACTIONS/MESSAGES 💜

double-clicking on the DtInfoLib object, or selecting Open from the object's select menu, invokes the Open action on the object. that's the whole plot 🫶

⭐ FILES ⭐

the default location for the desktop on line documentation library is:

/nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/infolib/%L

like, that's the spot 📍

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lowkey important reminder: this page is DtInfoLib(file format) — keep that in mind when you're cross-referencing, bestie 💖

and that's the whole page!! this was DtInfoLib(file format), aka the file format manual for DtInfoLib, signed off with so much love 🎀✨🦋💅

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