The KwikINF index file provides a rapid-search mechanism for locating specific kinds of information in online documents in the BOOKSHELF. The KwikINF index file consists of one or more concatenated files stored in the BOOKSHELF and defined by the HELPNDX variable in CONFIG.SYS as shown in the following example:
SET HELPNDX = EPMKWHLP . NDX
where EPMKWHLP.NDX is the KwikINF index file for the OS/2 Toolkit.
As an example, the following excerpt from the KwikINF index file for the OS/2 Toolkit:
EXTENSIONS: * DESCRIPTION: IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 (IPF*, view ipfc20.inf ~) (WinCreateWindow, view pmwin.inf ~)
is used by KwikINF to quickly locate Search String entries with the prefix IPF in the IPF-viewable file IPFC20.INF. and to quickly locate the specific Search String entry WinCreateWindow in the IPF-viewable file PMWIN.INF.
The first token in a rapid-search string is a specific text string (for example, WinCreateWindow) or prefix wildcard (for example, IPF*). It is also used as the text-string you want VIEW.EXE to locate within the online document. The second token is the name of the IPF file viewer (VIEW.EXE). The third token is a parameter for VIEW.EXE: the name of the .INF file that contains the online document. Currently, the fourth token is not being used and it is treated as a comment.