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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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3 @setfilename info.info
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4 @settitle Info
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8 @comment %**end of header
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9 @comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.24 2002/07/07 11:31:31 rms Exp $
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13 * Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing system.
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14 @end direntry
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17 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
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18 documentation system.
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20 Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
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21 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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24 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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25 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
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26 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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27 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
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28 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
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29 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
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33 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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34 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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36 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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37 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
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38 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
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39 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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40 @end ifinfo
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42 @titlepage
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43 @title Info
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44 @subtitle The online, hyper-text GNU documentation system
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45 @author Brian Fox
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46 @author and the GNU Texinfo community
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48 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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49 Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
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50 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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51 @sp 2
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52 Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
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53 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 @*
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54 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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60 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
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65 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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66 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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71 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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72 @end titlepage
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75 @node Top
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76 @top Info: An Introduction
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79 @dfn{Info format}, which you read using an @dfn{Info reader}. You are
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82 @ifinfo
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83 If you are new to the Info reader and want to learn how to use it,
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84 type the command @kbd{h} now. It brings you to a programmed
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85 instruction sequence.
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89 Started' chapter.
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93 @menu
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95 * Expert Info:: Info commands for experts.
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96 * Creating an Info File:: How to make your own Info file.
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101 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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102 @chapter Getting Started
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103
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104 This first part of the Info manual describes how to get around inside
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105 of Info. The second part of the manual describes various advanced
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106 Info commands, and how to write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo
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107 file. The third part briefly explains how to generate Info files from
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108 Texinfo files.
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110 @ifnotinfo
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111 This manual is primarily designed for browsing with an Info reader
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112 program on a computer, so that you can try Info commands while reading
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113 about them. Reading it on paper or with an HTML browser is less
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116 now that you have it; but please try going through the on-line version
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117 as well.
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119 @cindex Info reader, how to invoke
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120 @cindex entering Info
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121 There are two ways of looking at the online version of this manual:
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123 @enumerate
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125 Type @code{info} at your shell's command line. This approach uses a
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126 stand-alone program designed just to read Info files.
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128 @item
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129 Type @code{emacs} at the command line; then type @kbd{C-h i}
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130 (@kbd{Control-h}, followed by @kbd{i}). This approach uses the Info
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131 mode of the Emacs program, an editor with many other capabilities.
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132 @end enumerate
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134 In either case, then type @kbd{mInfo} (just the letters), followed by
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135 @key{RET}---the ``Return'' or ``Enter'' key. At this point, you should
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136 be ready to follow the instructions in this manual as you read them on
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137 the screen.
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138 @c FIXME! (pesch@cygnus.com, 14 dec 1992)
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139 @c Is it worth worrying about what-if the beginner goes to somebody
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140 @c else's Emacs session, which already has an Info running in the middle
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141 @c of something---in which case these simple instructions won't work?
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142 @end ifnotinfo
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144 @menu
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145 * Help-Small-Screen:: Starting Info on a Small Screen
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146 * Help:: How to use Info
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147 * Help-P:: Returning to the Previous node
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148 * Help-^L:: The Space, DEL, B and ^L commands.
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149 * Help-M:: Menus
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150 * Help-Xref:: Following cross-references
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151 * Help-Int:: Some intermediate Info commands
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152 * Help-Q:: Quitting Info
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153 @end menu
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155 @node Help-Small-Screen
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156 @section Starting Info on a Small Screen
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158 @ifnotinfo
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159 (In Info, you only see this section if your terminal has a small
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160 number of lines; most readers pass by it without seeing it.)
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161 @end ifnotinfo
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163 @cindex small screen, moving around
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164 Since your terminal has a relatively small number of lines on its
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165 screen, it is necessary to give you special advice at the beginning.
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167 If you see the text @samp{--All----} near the bottom right corner
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168 of the screen, it means the entire text you are looking at fits on the
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169 screen. If you see @samp{--Top----} instead, it means that there is
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171 and see another screen full, press @key{SPC}, the Space bar. To move
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228 the course.
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229 @end ifinfo
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231 @node Help, Help-P, Help-Small-Screen, Getting Started
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232 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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237 @cindex node, in Info documents
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245 (look at it now) says that the @samp{Next} node after this one is the
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246 node called @samp{Help-P}. An advanced Info command lets you go to
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250 and the duplicate remains at the top of the window all the time even
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251 if you scroll through the node.
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257 @kindex n @r{(Info mode)}
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261 >> Type @kbd{n} to move there. Type just one character;
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265 @noindent
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278 @kindex p @r{(Info mode)}
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325 @findex Info-scroll-down
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326 The @key{SPC}, @key{BACKSPACE} (or @key{DEL})@footnote{The key which
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332 @samp{DEL}, or sometimes @samp{Delete}.} and @kbd{b} commands exist to
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337 the top until you have typed some spaces).
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339 @format
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340 >> Now try typing a @key{SPC} (afterward, type a @key{BACKSPACE} to
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341 return here).
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344 When you type the @key{SPC}, the two lines that were at the bottom of
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347 bottom, @emph{usually}, but if there are not a full screen's worth of
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348 lines above them they may not make it all the way to the bottom.
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349
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350 If you are reading this in Emacs, note that the header line is
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351 always visible, never scrolling off the display. That way, you can
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352 always see the @samp{Next}, @samp{Prev}, and @samp{Up} links, and you
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353 can conveniently go to one of these links at any time by
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354 clicking the middle mouse button on the link.
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356 @cindex reading Info documents top to bottom
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357 @cindex Info documents as tutorials
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358 @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} not only move forward and backward through
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359 the current node. They also move between nodes. @key{SPC} at the end
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360 of a node moves to the next node; @key{DEL} (or @key{BACKSPACE}) at
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361 the beginning of a node moves to the previous node. In effect, these
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362 commands scroll through all the nodes in an Info file as a single
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363 logical sequence. You can read an entire manual top to bottom by just
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364 typing @key{SPC}, and move backward through the entire manual from
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365 bottom to top by typing @key{DEL} (or @key{BACKSPACE}).
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366
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367 In this sequence, a node's subnodes appear following their parent.
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368 If a node has a menu, @key{SPC} takes you into the subnodes listed in
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369 the menu, one by one. Once you reach the end of a node, and have seen
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370 all of its subnodes, @key{SPC} takes you to the next node or to the
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371 parent's next node.
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373 @kindex PAGEUP @r{(Info mode)}
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374 @kindex PAGEDOWN @r{(Info mode)}
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375 Many keyboards nowadays have two scroll keys labeled @samp{PageUp}
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376 and @samp{PageDown} (or maybe @samp{Prior} and @samp{Next}). If your
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377 keyboard has these keys, you can use them to move forward and backward
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378 through the text of one node, like @key{SPC} and @key{BACKSPACE} (or
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379 @key{DEL}). However, @key{PAGEUP} and @key{PAGEDOWN} keys never
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380 scroll beyond the beginning or the end of the current node.
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381
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382 @kindex C-l @r{(Info mode)}
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383 If your screen is ever garbaged, you can tell Info to display it
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384 again by typing @kbd{C-l} (@kbd{Control-L}, that is---hold down
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385 @key{CTRL} and type @kbd{L} or @kbd{l}).
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387 @format
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388 >> Type @kbd{C-l} now.
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389 @end format
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390
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391 @kindex b @r{(Info mode)}
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392 To move back to the beginning of the node you are on, you can type
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393 the @key{BACKSPACE} key (or @key{DEL}) many times. You can also type
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394 @kbd{b} just once. @kbd{b} stands for ``beginning.''
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395
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396 @format
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397 >> Try that now. (We have put in enough verbiage to push this past
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398 the first screenful, but screens are so big nowadays that perhaps it
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399 isn't enough. You may need to shrink your Emacs or Info window.)
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400 Then come back, by typing @key{SPC} one or more times.
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401 @end format
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403 If your screen is very tall, all of this node might fit at once. In
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404 that case, @kbd{b} won't do anything. But you could observe the
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405 effect of the @kbd{b} key if you use a smaller window.
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406
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407 @kindex ? @r{(Info mode)}
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408 @findex Info-summary
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409 You have just learned a considerable number of commands. If you
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410 want to use one but have trouble remembering which, you should type
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411 a @kbd{?} (in Emacs it runs the @code{Info-summary} command) which
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412 displays a brief list of commands. When you are finished looking at
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413 the list, make it go away by typing a @key{SPC} repeatedly.
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414
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415 @format
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416 >> Type a @key{?} now. Press @key{SPC} to see consecutive screenfuls of
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417 the list until finished. Then type @key{SPC} several times, until
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418 it goes away.
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419 @end format
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420
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421 (If you are using the stand-alone Info reader, type @kbd{C-x 0} to
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422 return here, that is---press and hold @key{CTRL}, type an @kbd{x},
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423 then release @key{CTRL} and @kbd{x}, and press @kbd{0}---a zero, not
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424 the letter ``o''.)
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426 From now on, you will encounter large nodes without warning, and
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427 will be expected to know how to use @key{SPC} and @key{BACKSPACE} to
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428 move around in them without being told. Since not all terminals have
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429 the same size screen, it would be impossible to warn you anyway.
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430
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431 @format
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432 >> Now type @kbd{n}, or click the middle mouse button on the @samp{Next} link,
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433 to see the description of the @kbd{m} command.
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434 @end format
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435
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436 @node Help-M, Help-Xref, Help-^L, Getting Started
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437 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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438 @section Menus and the @kbd{m} command
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439
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440 @cindex menus in an Info document
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441 @cindex Info menus
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442 With only the @kbd{n} (next) and @kbd{p} (previous) commands for
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443 moving between nodes, nodes are restricted to a linear sequence.
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444 Menus allow a branching structure. A menu is a list of other nodes
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445 you can move to. It is actually just part of the text of the node
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446 formatted specially so that Info can interpret it. The beginning of a
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447 menu is always identified by a line which starts with @samp{* Menu:}.
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448 A node contains a menu if and only if it has a line in it which starts
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449 that way. The only menu you can use at any moment is the one in the
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450 node you are in. To use a menu in any other node, you must move to
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451 that node first.
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452
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453 After the start of the menu, each line that starts with a @samp{*}
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454 identifies one subtopic. The line usually contains a brief name
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455 for the subtopic (followed by a @samp{:}), the name of the node that talks
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456 about that subtopic, and optionally some further description of the
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457 subtopic. Lines in the menu that do not start with a @samp{*} have no
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458 special meaning---they are only for the human reader's benefit and do
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459 not define additional subtopics. Here is an example:
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460
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461 @example
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462 * Foo: Node about FOO. This tells about FOO.
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463 @end example
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464
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465 The subtopic name is Foo, and the node describing it is @samp{Node
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466 about FOO}. The rest of the line is just for the reader's
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467 Information. [[ But this line is not a real menu item, simply because
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468 there is no line above it which starts with @samp{* Menu:}.]]
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469
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470 When you use a menu to go to another node (in a way that will be
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472 thing in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts
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473 the node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there
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474 is both a subtopic name and a node name is that the node name must be
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475 meaningful to the computer and may therefore have to be ugly looking.
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476 The subtopic name can be chosen just to be convenient for the user to
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477 specify. Often the node name is convenient for the user to specify
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478 and so both it and the subtopic name are the same. There is an
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479 abbreviation for this:
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480
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481 @example
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482 * Foo:: This tells about FOO.
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483 @end example
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484
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485 @noindent
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486 This means that the subtopic name and node name are the same; they are
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487 both @samp{Foo}.
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488
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489 @format
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490 >> Now use @key{SPC} to find the menu in this node, then come back to
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491 the front with a @kbd{b} and some @key{SPC}s. As you see, a menu is
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492 actually visible in its node. If you cannot find a menu in a node
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493 by looking at it, then the node does not have a menu and the
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494 @kbd{m} command is not available.
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495 @end format
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496
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497 If you keep typing @key{SPC} once the menu appears on the screen, it
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498 will move to another node (the first one in the menu). If that
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499 happens, type @key{BACKSPACE} to come back.
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500
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501 @kindex m @r{(Info mode)}
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502 The command to go to one of the subnodes is @kbd{m}. This is very
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503 different from the commands you have used: it is a command that
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504 prompts you for more input.
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505
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506 The Info commands you know do not need additional input; when you
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507 type one of them, Info processes it instantly and then is ready for
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508 another command. The @kbd{m} command is different: it needs to know
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509 the @dfn{name of the subtopic}. Once you have typed @kbd{m}, Info
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510 tries to read the subtopic name.
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512 Now look for the line containing many dashes near the bottom of the
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513 screen. There is one more line beneath that one, but usually it is
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514 blank. When it is blank, Info is ready for a command, such as @kbd{n}
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515 or @kbd{b} or @key{SPC} or @kbd{m}. If that line contains text ending
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516 in a colon, it means Info is reading more input for the last command.
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517 You can't type an Info command then, because Info is trying to read
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518 input, not commands. You must either give the input and finish the
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519 command you started, or type @kbd{Control-g} to cancel the command.
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520 When you have done one of those things, the input entry line becomes
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521 blank again. Then you can type Info commands again.
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523 @findex Info-menu
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524 The command to go to a subnode via a menu is @kbd{m}. After you type
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525 the @kbd{m}, the line at the bottom of the screen says @samp{Menu item: }.
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526 You must then type the name of the subtopic you want, and end it with
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527 a @key{RET}. In Emacs, @kbd{m} runs the command @code{Info-menu}.
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529 @cindex abbreviating Info subnodes
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530 You can abbreviate the subtopic name. If the abbreviation is not
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531 unique, the first matching subtopic is chosen. Some menus put
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532 the shortest possible abbreviation for each subtopic name in capital
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533 letters, so you can see how much you need to type. It does not
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534 matter whether you use upper case or lower case when you type the
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535 subtopic. You should not put any spaces at the end, or inside of the
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536 item name, except for one space where a space appears in the item in
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537 the menu.
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538
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539 @cindex completion of Info node names
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540 You can also use the @dfn{completion} feature to help enter the
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541 subtopic name. If you type the @key{TAB} key after entering part of a
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542 name, it will fill in more of the name---as much as Info can deduce
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543 from the part you have entered.
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545 If you move the cursor to one of the menu subtopic lines, then you do
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546 not need to type the argument: you just type a @key{RET}, and it
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547 stands for the subtopic of the line you are on. You can also click
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548 the middle mouse button directly on the subtopic line to go there.
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550 Here is a menu to give you a chance to practice. This menu gives you
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551 three ways of going to one place, Help-FOO:
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552
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553 @menu
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554 * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun.
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555 * Bar: Help-FOO. We have made two ways to get to the same place.
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556 * Help-FOO:: And yet another!
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557 @end menu
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558
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559 @format
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560 >> Now type just an @kbd{m} and see what happens:
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561 @end format
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562
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563 Now you are ``inside'' an @kbd{m} command. Commands cannot be used
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564 now; the next thing you will type must be the name of a subtopic.
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565
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566 You can change your mind about doing the @kbd{m} by typing
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567 @kbd{Control-g}.
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568
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569 @format
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570 >> Try that now; notice the bottom line clear.
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571 @end format
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572
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573 @format
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574 >> Then type another @kbd{m}.
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575 @end format
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576
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577 @format
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578 >> Now type @kbd{BAR}, the item name. Do not type @key{RET} yet.
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579 @end format
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580
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581 While you are typing the item name, you can use the @key{DEL} (or
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582 @key{BACKSPACE}) key to cancel one character at a time if you make a
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583 mistake.
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584
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585 @format
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586 >> Press @key{DEL} to cancel the @samp{R}. You could type another @kbd{R}
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587 to replace it. But you do not have to, since @samp{BA} is a valid
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588 abbreviation.
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589 @end format
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590
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591 @format
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592 >> Now you are ready to go. Type a @key{RET}.
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593 @end format
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594
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595 After visiting @samp{Help-FOO}, you should return here.
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596
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597 Another way to move to the menu subtopic lines and between them is
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598 to type @key{TAB}. Each time you type a @key{TAB}, you move to the
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599 next subtopic line. To move to a previous subtopic line, type
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600 @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}---that is, press and hold the @key{META} key and then
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601 press @key{TAB}. (On some keyboards, the @key{META} key might be labeled
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602 @samp{Alt}.)
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603
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604 Once you move cursor to a subtopic line, press @key{RET} to go to
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605 that subtopic's node.
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606
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607 @cindex mouse support in Info mode
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608 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(Info mode)}
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609 If your terminal supports a mouse, you have yet another way of going
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610 to a subtopic. Move your mouse pointer to the subtopic line,
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611 somewhere between the beginning @samp{*} and the colon @samp{:} which
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612 ends the subtopic's brief name. You will see the subtopic's name
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613 change its appearance (usually, its background color will change), and
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614 the shape of the mouse pointer will change if your platform supports
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615 that. After a while, if you leave the mouse on that spot, a small
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616 window will pop up, saying ``Mouse-2: go to that node'', or the same
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617 message may appear at the bottom of the screen.
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618
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619 @kbd{Mouse-2} is the second button of your mouse counting from the
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620 left---the middle button on a 3-button mouse. (On a 2-button mouse,
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621 you may have to press both buttons together to ``press the middle
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622 button''.) The message tells you pressing @kbd{Mouse-2} with the
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623 current position of the mouse pointer (on subtopic in the menu) will
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624 go to that subtopic.
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625
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626 @findex Info-mouse-follow-nearest-node
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627 More generally, @kbd{Mouse-2} in an Info buffer finds the nearest
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628 link to another node and goes there. For example, near a cross
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629 reference it acts like @kbd{f}, in a menu it acts like @kbd{m}, on the
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630 node's header line it acts like @kbd{n}, @kbd{p}, or @kbd{u}, etc. At
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631 end of the node's text @kbd{Mouse-2} moves to the next node, or up if
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632 there's no next node.
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633
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634 Here is another way to get to Help-FOO, a menu. You can ignore this
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635 if you want, or else try it by typing @key{TAB} and then @key{RET}, or
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636 clicking @kbd{Mouse-2} on it (but then please come back to here).
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637
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638 @menu
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639 * Help-FOO::
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640 @end menu
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641
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642 @format
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643 >> Type @kbd{n} to see more commands.
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644 @end format
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645
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646 @node Help-FOO, , , Help-M
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647 @subsection The @kbd{u} command
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648
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649 Congratulations! This is the node @samp{Help-FOO}. It has an @samp{Up}
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650 pointer @samp{Help-M}, the node you just came from via the @kbd{m}
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651 command. This is the usual convention---the nodes you reach from a menu
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652 have @samp{Up} nodes that lead back to the menu. Menus move Down in the
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653 tree, and @samp{Up} moves Up. @samp{Previous}, on the other hand, is
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654 usually used to ``stay on the same level but go backwards''.
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656 @kindex u @r{(Info mode)}
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657 @findex Info-up
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658 You can go back to the node @samp{Help-M} by typing the command
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659 @kbd{u} for ``Up'' (the Emacs command run by @kbd{u} is
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660 @code{Info-up}). That puts you at the @emph{front} of the node---to
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661 get back to where you were reading you have to type some @key{SPC}s.
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662 (Some Info readers, such as the one built into Emacs, put you at the
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663 same place where you were reading in @samp{Help-M}.)
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664
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665 Another way to go Up is to click @kbd{Mouse-2} on the @samp{Up}
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666 pointer shown in the header line (provided that you have a mouse).
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667
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668 @format
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669 >> Now type @kbd{u} to move back up to @samp{Help-M}.
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670 @end format
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671
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672 @node Help-Xref, Help-Int, Help-M, Getting Started
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673 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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674 @section Following Cross-References
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675
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676 @cindex cross references in Info documents
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677 In Info documentation, you will see many @dfn{cross references}.
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678 Cross references look like this: @xref{Help-Cross, Cross}. That text
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679 is a real, live cross reference, whose name is @samp{Cross} and which
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680 points to the node named @samp{Help-Cross}.
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681
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682 @kindex f @r{(Info mode)}
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683 @findex Info-follow-reference
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684 There are two ways to follow a cross reference. You can move the
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685 cursor to it and press @key{RET}, just as in a menu. @key{RET}
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686 follows the cross reference that the cursor is on. Or you can type
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687 @kbd{f} and then specify the name of the cross reference (in this
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688 case, @samp{Cross}) as an argument. In Emacs Info, @kbd{f} runs
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689 @code{Info-follow-reference},
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690
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691 In the @kbd{f} command, you select the cross reference with its
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692 name, so it does not matter where the cursor was. If the cursor is on
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693 or near a cross reference, @kbd{f} suggests that reference name in
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694 parentheses as the default; typing @key{RET} will follow that
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695 reference. However, if you type a different reference name, @kbd{f}
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696 will follow the other reference which has that name.
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697
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698 @format
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699 >> Type @kbd{f}, followed by @kbd{Cross}, and then @key{RET}.
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700 @end format
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701
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702 As you enter the reference name, you can use the @key{DEL} (or
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703 @key{BACKSPACE}) key to edit your input. If you change your mind
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704 about following any reference, you can use @kbd{Control-g} to cancel
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705 the command. Completion is available in the @kbd{f} command; you can
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706 complete among all the cross reference names in the current node by
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707 typing a @key{TAB}.
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708
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709 To get a list of all the cross references in the current node, you
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710 can type @kbd{?} after an @kbd{f}. The @kbd{f} continues to await a
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711 cross reference name even after displaying the list, so if you don't
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712 actually want to follow a reference, you should type a @kbd{Control-g}
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713 to cancel the @kbd{f}.
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714
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715 @format
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716 >> Type @kbd{f?} to get a list of the cross references in this node. Then
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717 type a @kbd{Control-g} and see how the @samp{f} gives up.
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718 @end format
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719
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720 The @key{TAB} and @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} key, which move between menu
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721 items in a menu, also move between cross references outside of menus.
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722
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723 @node Help-Int, Help-Q, Help-Xref, Getting Started
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724 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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725 @section Some intermediate Info commands
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726
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727 The introductory course is almost over; please continue
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728 a little longer to learn some intermediate-level commands.
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729
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730 Most Info files have an index, which is actually a large node that
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731 contains nothing but a menu. The menu has one menu item for each
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732 topic listed in the index. You can find the index node from the main
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733 menu of the file, with the @kbd{m} command; then you can use the
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734 @kbd{m} command again in the index node to go to the node that
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735 describes the topic.
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736
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737 There is also a short-cut Info command, @kbd{i}, which does all of
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738 that for you. It searches the index for a given topic (a string) and
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739 goes to the node which is listed in the index for that topic.
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740 @xref{Info Search}, for a full explanation.
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741
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742 @kindex l @r{(Info mode)}
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743 @findex Info-last
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744 @cindex going back in Info mode
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745 If you have been moving around to different nodes and wish to
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746 retrace your steps, the @kbd{l} command (@kbd{l} for @dfn{last}) will
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747 do that, one node-step at a time. As you move from node to node, Info
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748 records the nodes where you have been in a special history list. The
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749 @kbd{l} command revisits nodes in the history list; each successive
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750 @kbd{l} command moves one step back through the history.
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751
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752 If you have been following directions, an @kbd{l} command now will get
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753 you back to @samp{Help-M}. Another @kbd{l} command would undo the
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754 @kbd{u} and get you back to @samp{Help-FOO}. Another @kbd{l} would undo
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755 the @kbd{m} and get you back to @samp{Help-M}.
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756
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757 In Emacs, @kbd{l} runs the command @code{Info-last}.
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758
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759 @format
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760 >> Try typing three @kbd{l}'s, pausing in between to see what each
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761 @kbd{l} does. Then follow directions again and you will end up
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762 back here.
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763 @end format
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764
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765 Note the difference between @kbd{l} and @kbd{p}: @kbd{l} moves to
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766 where @emph{you} last were, whereas @kbd{p} always moves to the node
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767 which the header says is the @samp{Previous} node (from this node, the
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768 @samp{Prev} link leads to @samp{Help-M}).
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769
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770 @kindex d @r{(Info mode)}
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771 @findex Info-directory
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772 @cindex go to Directory node
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773 The @kbd{d} command (@code{Info-directory} in Emacs) gets you
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774 instantly to the Directory node. This node, which is the first one
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775 you saw when you entered Info, has a menu which leads (directly or
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776 indirectly, through other menus), to all the nodes that exist. The
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777 Directory node lists all the manuals and other Info documents that
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778 are, or could be, installed on your system.
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779
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780 @format
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781 >> Try doing a @kbd{d}, then do an @kbd{l} to return here (yes,
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782 @emph{do} return).
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783 @end format
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784
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785 @kindex t @r{(Info mode)}
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786 @findex Info-top-node
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787 @cindex go to Top node
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788 The @kbd{t} command moves to the @samp{Top} node of the manual.
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789 This is useful if you want to browse the manual's main menu, or select
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790 some specific top-level menu item. The Emacs command run by @kbd{t}
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791 is @code{Info-top-node}.
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792
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793 Clicking @kbd{Mouse-2} on or near a cross reference also follows the
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794 reference. You can see that the cross reference is mouse-sensitive by
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795 moving the mouse pointer to the reference and watching how the
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796 underlying text and the mouse pointer change in response.
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797
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798 @format
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799 >> Now type @kbd{n} to see the last node of the course.
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800 @end format
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801
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802 @xref{Expert Info}, for more advanced Info features.
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803
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804 @c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it.
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805 @c It is an accident of the menu updating command.
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806
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807 @node Expert Info
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808 @chapter Info for Experts
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809
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810 This chapter describes various Info commands for experts. (If you
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811 are using a stand-alone Info reader, there are additional commands
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812 specific to it, which are documented in several chapters of @ref{Top,,
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813 GNU Info, info-stnd, GNU Info}.)
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814
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815 This chapter also explains how to write an Info as distinct from a
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816 Texinfo file. (However, in most cases, writing a Texinfo file is
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817 better, since you can use it to make a printed manual or produce other
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818 formats, such as HTML and DocBook, as well as for generating Info
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819 files.) @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
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820 Documentation Format}.)
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821
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822 @menu
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823 * Advanced:: Advanced Info commands: g, s, e, and 1 - 5.
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824 * Info Search:: How to search Info documents for specific subjects.
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825 * Add:: Describes how to add new nodes to the hierarchy.
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826 Also tells what nodes look like.
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827 * Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes.
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828 * Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes.
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829 * Tags:: How to make tags tables for Info files.
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830 * Checking:: Checking an Info File
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831 * Emacs Info Variables:: Variables modifying the behavior of Emacs Info.
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832 @end menu
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833
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834 @node Advanced, Info Search, , Expert Info
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835 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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836 @section Advanced Info Commands
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837
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838 Here are some more Info commands that make it easier to move around.
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840 @unnumberedsubsec @kbd{g} goes to a node by name
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842 @kindex g @r{(Info mode)}
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843 @findex Info-goto-node
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844 @cindex go to a node by name
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845 If you know a node's name, you can go there by typing @kbd{g}, the
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846 name, and @key{RET}. Thus, @kbd{gTop@key{RET}} would go to the node
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847 called @samp{Top} in this file. (This is equivalent to @kbd{t}, see
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848 @ref{Help-Int}.) @kbd{gAdvanced@key{RET}} would come back here.
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849 @kbd{g} in Emacs runs the command @code{Info-goto-node}.
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850
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851 Unlike @kbd{m}, @kbd{g} does not allow the use of abbreviations.
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852 But it does allow completion, so you can type @key{TAB} to complete a
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853 partial node name.
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854
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855 @cindex go to another Info file
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856 To go to a node in another file, you can include the file name in the
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857 node name by putting it at the front, in parentheses. Thus,
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858 @kbd{g(dir)Top@key{RET}} would go to the Info Directory node, which is
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859 the node @samp{Top} in the Info file @file{dir}. Likewise,
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860 @kbd{g(emacs)Top@key{RET}} goes to the top node of the Emacs manual.
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861
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862 The node name @samp{*} specifies the whole file. So you can look at
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863 all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any
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864 other file with @kbd{g(@var{filename})@key{RET}}.
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865
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866 @unnumberedsubsec @kbd{1} -- @kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number
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867
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868 @kindex 1 @r{through} 9 @r{(Info mode)}
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869 @findex Info-nth-menu-item
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870 @cindex select @var{n}'th menu item
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871 If you begrudge each character of type-in which your system requires,
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872 you might like to use the commands @kbd{1}, @kbd{2}, @kbd{3}, @kbd{4},
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873 @dots{}, @kbd{9}. They are short for the @kbd{m} command together
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874 with a name of a menu subtopic. @kbd{1} goes through the first item
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875 in the current node's menu; @kbd{2} goes through the second item, etc.
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876 In the stand-alone reader, @kbd{0} goes through the last menu item;
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877 this is so you need not count how many entries are there. In Emacs,
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878 the digit keys run the command @code{Info-nth-menu-item}.
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879
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880 If your display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs'
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881 Info mode to read Info files, the @samp{*} for the fifth menu item
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882 stands out, either in color or in some other attribute, such as
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883 underline, and so is the @samp{*} for the ninth item; this makes it
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884 easy to see at a glance which number to use for an item.
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885
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886 Some terminals don't support colors or underlining. If you need to
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887 actually count items, it is better to use @kbd{m} instead, and specify
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888 the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly move between menu items.
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889
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890 @unnumberedsubsec @kbd{e} makes Info document editable
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892 @kindex e @r{(Info mode)}
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893 @findex Info-edit
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894 @cindex edit Info document
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895 The Info command @kbd{e} changes from Info mode to an ordinary
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896 Emacs editing mode, so that you can edit the text of the current node.
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897 Type @kbd{C-c C-c} to switch back to Info. The @kbd{e} command is allowed
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898 only if the variable @code{Info-enable-edit} is non-@code{nil}.
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899
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900 The @kbd{e} command only works in Emacs, where it runs the command
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901 @code{Info-edit}. The stand-alone Info reader doesn't allow you to
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902 edit the Info file, so typing @kbd{e} there goes to the end of the
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903 current node.
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904
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905 @node Info Search, Add, Advanced, Expert Info
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906 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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907 @section How to search Info documents for specific subjects
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908
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909 @cindex searching Info documents
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910 @cindex Info document as a reference
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911 The commands which move between and inside nodes allow you to read
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912 the entire manual or its large portions. But what if you need to find
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913 some information in the manual as fast as you can, and you don't know
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914 or don't remember in what node to look for it? This need arises when
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915 you use a manual as a @dfn{reference}, or when it is impractical to
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916 read the entire manual before you start using the programs it
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917 describes.
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918
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919 Info has powerful searching facilities that let you find things
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920 quickly. You can search either the manual indices or its text.
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921
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922 @kindex i @r{(Info mode)}
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923 @findex Info-index
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924 Since most subjects related to what the manual describes should be
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925 indexed, you should try the index search first. The @kbd{i} command
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926 prompts you for a subject and then looks up that subject in the
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927 indices. If it finds an index entry with the subject you typed, it
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928 goes to the node to which that index entry points. You should browse
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929 through that node to see whether the issue you are looking for is
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930 described there. If it isn't, type @kbd{,} one or more times to go
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931 through additional index entries which match your subject.
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932
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933 The @kbd{i} command finds all index entries which include the string
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934 you typed @emph{as a substring}. For each match, Info shows in the
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935 echo area the full index entry it found. Often, the text of the full
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936 index entry already gives you enough information to decide whether it
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937 is relevant to what you are looking for, so we recommend that you read
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938 what Emacs shows in the echo are before looking at the node it
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939 displays.
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940
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941 Since @kbd{i} looks for a substring, you can search for subjects even
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942 if you are not sure how they are spelled in the index. For example,
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943 suppose you want to find something that is pertinent to commands which
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944 complete partial input (e.g., when you type @key{TAB}). If you want
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945 to catch index entries that refer to ``complete'', ``completion'', and
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946 ``completing'', you could type @kbd{icomplet@key{RET}}.
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947
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948 Info documents which describe programs should index the commands,
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949 options, and key sequences that the program provides. If you are
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950 looking for a description of a command, an option, or a key, just type
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951 their names when @kbd{i} prompts you for a topic. For example, if you
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952 want to read the description of what the @kbd{C-f} key does, type
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953 @kbd{iC-f@key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters
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954 @samp{C}, @samp{-}, and @samp{f}, not the ``Control-f'' command key
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955 you type inside Emacs to run the command bound to @kbd{C-f}.
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956
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957 In Emacs, @kbd{i} runs the command @code{Info-index}.
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958
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959 @kindex s @r{(Info mode)}
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960 @findex Info-search
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961 The @kbd{s} command allows you to search a whole file for a string.
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962 It switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You
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963 type @kbd{s} followed by the string to search for, terminated by
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964 @key{RET}. To search for the same string again, just @kbd{s} followed
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965 by @key{RET} will do. The file's nodes are scanned in the order
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966 they are in in the file, which has no necessary relationship to the
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967 order that they may be in the tree structure of menus and @samp{next}
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968 pointers. But normally the two orders are not very different. In any
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969 case, you can always do a @kbd{b} to find out what node you have
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970 reached, if the header is not visible (this can happen, because @kbd{s}
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971 puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, not at the beginning
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972 of the node).
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973
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974 @kindex M-s @r{(Info mode)}
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975 In Emacs, @kbd{Meta-s} is equivalent to @kbd{s}. That is for
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976 compatibility with other GNU packages that use @kbd{M-s} for a similar
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977 kind of search command. Both @kbd{s} and @kbd{M-s} run in Emacs the
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978 command @code{Info-search}.
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979
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980
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981 @node Add, Menus, Info Search, Expert Info
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982 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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983 @section Adding a new node to Info
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984
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985 To add a new topic to the list in the Info directory, you must:
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986
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987 @enumerate
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988 @item
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989 Create some nodes, in some file, to document that topic.
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990 @item
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991 Put that topic in the menu in the directory. @xref{Menus, Menu}.
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992 @end enumerate
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993
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994 Usually, the way to create the nodes is with Texinfo (@pxref{Top,,
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995 Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation Format});
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996 this has the advantage that you can also make a printed manual or HTML
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997 from them. You would use the @samp{@@dircategory} and
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998 @samp{@@direntry} commands to put the manual into the Info directory.
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999 However, if you want to edit an Info file manually and install it
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1000 manually, here is how.
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1001
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1002 @cindex node delimiters
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1003 The new node can live in an existing documentation file, or in a new
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1004 one. It must have a @samp{^_} character before it (invisible to the
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1005 user; this node has one but you cannot see it), and it ends with either
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1006 a @samp{^_}, a @samp{^L} (``formfeed''), or the end of file.@footnote{If
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1007 you put in a @samp{^L} to end a new node, be sure that there is a
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1008 @samp{^_} after it to start the next one, since @samp{^L} cannot
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1009 @emph{start} a node. Also, a nicer way to make a node boundary be a
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1010 page boundary as well is to put a @samp{^L} @emph{right after} the
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1011 @samp{^_}.}
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1012
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1013 The @samp{^_} starting a node must be followed by a newline or a
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1014 @samp{^L} newline, after which comes the node's header line. The
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1015 header line must give the node's name (by which Info finds it), and
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1016 state the names of the @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}, and @samp{Up}
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1017 nodes (if there are any). As you can see, this node's @samp{Up} node
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1018 is the node @samp{Expert Info}. The @samp{Next} node is @samp{Menus}.
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1019
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1020 @cindex node header line format
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1021 @cindex format of node headers
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1022 The keywords @dfn{Node}, @dfn{Next}, @dfn{Previous}, and @dfn{Up}
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1023 may appear in any order, anywhere in the header line, but the
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1024 recommended order is the one in this sentence. Each keyword must be
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1025 followed by a colon, spaces and tabs, and then the appropriate name.
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1026 The name may be terminated with a tab, a comma, or a newline. A space
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1027 does not end it; node names may contain spaces. The case of letters
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1028 in the names is insignificant.
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1029
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1030 @cindex node name format
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1031 @cindex Directory node
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1032 A node name has two forms. A node in the current file is named by
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1033 what appears after the @samp{Node: } in that node's first line. For
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1034 example, this node's name is @samp{Add}. A node in another file is
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1035 named by @samp{(@var{filename})@var{node-within-file}}, as in
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1036 @samp{(info)Add} for this node. If the file name starts with ``./'',
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1037 then it is relative to the current directory; otherwise, it is
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1038 relative starting from the standard directory for Info files of your
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1039 site. The name @samp{(@var{filename})Top} can be abbreviated to just
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1040 @samp{(@var{filename})}. By convention, the name @samp{Top} is used
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1041 for the ``highest'' node in any single file---the node whose @samp{Up}
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1042 points out of the file. The @samp{Directory} node is @file{(dir)}, it
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1043 points to a file @file{dir} which holds a large menu listing all the
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1044 Info documents installed on your site. The @samp{Top} node of a
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1045 document file listed in the @samp{Directory} should have an @samp{Up:
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1046 (dir)} in it.
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1047
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1048 @cindex unstructured documents
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1049 The node name @kbd{*} is special: it refers to the entire file.
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1050 Thus, @kbd{g*} shows you the whole current file. The use of the
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1051 node @kbd{*} is to make it possible to make old-fashioned,
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1052 unstructured files into nodes of the tree.
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1053
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1054 The @samp{Node:} name, in which a node states its own name, must not
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1055 contain a file name, since when Info searches for a node, it does not
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1056 expect a file name to be there. The @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} and
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1057 @samp{Up} names may contain them. In this node, since the @samp{Up}
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1058 node is in the same file, it was not necessary to use one.
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1059
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1060 Note that the nodes in this file have a file name in the header
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1061 line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments
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1062 to help identify the node for the user.
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1063
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1064 @node Menus, Cross-refs, Add, Expert Info
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1065 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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1066 @section How to Create Menus
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1067
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1068 Any node in the Info hierarchy may have a @dfn{menu}---a list of subnodes.
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1069 The @kbd{m} command searches the current node's menu for the topic which it
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1070 reads from the terminal.
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1071
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1072 @cindex menu and menu entry format
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1073 A menu begins with a line starting with @samp{* Menu:}. The rest of the
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1074 line is a comment. After the starting line, every line that begins
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1075 with a @samp{* } lists a single topic. The name of the topic--what
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1076 the user must type at the @kbd{m}'s command prompt to select this
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1077 topic---comes right after the star and space, and is followed by a
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1078 colon, spaces and tabs, and the name of the node which discusses that
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1079 topic. The node name, like node names following @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}
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1080 and @samp{Up}, may be terminated with a tab, comma, or newline; it may also
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1081 be terminated with a period.
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1082
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1083 If the node name and topic name are the same, then rather than
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1084 giving the name twice, the abbreviation @samp{* @var{name}::} may be
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1085 used (and should be used, whenever possible, as it reduces the visual
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1086 clutter in the menu).
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1087
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1088 It is considerate to choose the topic names so that they differ
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1089 from each other very near the beginning---this allows the user to type
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1090 short abbreviations. In a long menu, it is a good idea to capitalize
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1091 the beginning of each item name which is the minimum acceptable
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1092 abbreviation for it (a long menu is more than 5 or so entries).
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1093
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1094 The nodes listed in a node's menu are called its ``subnodes'', and it
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1095 is their ``superior''. They should each have an @samp{Up:} pointing at
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1096 the superior. It is often useful to arrange all or most of the subnodes
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1097 in a sequence of @samp{Next} and @samp{Previous} pointers so that
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1098 someone who wants to see them all need not keep revisiting the Menu.
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1099
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1100 The Info Directory is simply the menu of the node @samp{(dir)Top}---that
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1101 is, node @samp{Top} in file @file{.../info/dir}. You can put new entries
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1102 in that menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is @emph{not} the
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1103 same as the file directory called @file{info}. It happens that many of
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1104 Info's files live in that file directory, but they do not have to; and
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1105 files in that directory are not automatically listed in the Info
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1106 Directory node.
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1107
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1108 Also, although the Info node graph is claimed to be a ``hierarchy'',
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1109 in fact it can be @emph{any} directed graph. Shared structures and
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1110 pointer cycles are perfectly possible, and can be used if they are
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1111 appropriate to the meaning to be expressed. There is no need for all
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1112 the nodes in a file to form a connected structure. In fact, this file
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1113 has two connected components. You are in one of them, which is under
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1114 the node @samp{Top}; the other contains the node @samp{Help} which the
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1115 @kbd{h} command goes to. In fact, since there is no garbage
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1116 collector, nothing terrible happens if a substructure is not pointed
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1117 to, but such a substructure is rather useless since nobody can
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1118 ever find out that it exists.
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1119
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1120 @node Cross-refs, Tags, Menus, Expert Info
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1121 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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1122 @section Creating Cross References
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1123
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1124 @cindex cross reference format
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1125 A cross reference can be placed anywhere in the text, unlike a menu
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1126 item which must go at the front of a line. A cross reference looks
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1127 like a menu item except that it has @samp{*note} instead of @samp{*}.
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1128 It @emph{cannot} be terminated by a @samp{)}, because @samp{)}'s are
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1129 so often part of node names. If you wish to enclose a cross reference
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1130 in parentheses, terminate it with a period first. Here are two
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1131 examples of cross references pointers:
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1132
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1133 @example
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1134 *Note details: commands. (See *note 3: Full Proof.)
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1135 @end example
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1136
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1137 @noindent
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1138 @emph{These are just examples.} The places they ``lead to'' do not
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1139 really exist!
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1140
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1141 @menu
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1142 * Help-Cross:: Target of a cross-reference.
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1143 @end menu
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1144
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1145
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1146 @node Help-Cross, , , Cross-refs
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1147 @subsection The node reached by the cross reference in Info
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1148
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1149 This is the node reached by the cross reference named @samp{Cross}.
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1150
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1151 While this node is specifically intended to be reached by a cross
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1152 reference, most cross references lead to nodes that ``belong''
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1153 someplace else far away in the structure of an Info document. So you
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1154 cannot expect this node to have a @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} or
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1155 @samp{Up} links pointing back to where you came from. In general, the
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1156 @kbd{l} (el) command is the only way to get back there.
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1157
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1158 @format
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1159 >> Type @kbd{l} to return to the node where the cross reference was.
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1160 @end format
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1161
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1162 @node Help-Q, , Help-Int, Getting Started
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1163 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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1164 @section Quitting Info
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1165
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1166 @kindex q @r{(Info mode)}
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1167 @findex Info-exit
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1168 @cindex quitting Info mode
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1169 To get out of Info, back to what you were doing before, type @kbd{q}
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1170 for @dfn{Quit}. This runs @code{Info-exit} in Emacs.
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1171
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1172 This is the end of the basic course on using Info. You have learned
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1173 how to move in an Info document, and how to follow menus and cross
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1174 references. This makes you ready for reading manuals top to bottom,
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1175 as new users should do when they learn a new package.
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1176
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1177 Another set of Info commands is useful when you need to find
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1178 something quickly in a manual---that is, when you need to use a manual
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1179 as a reference rather than as a tutorial. We urge you to learn
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1180 these search commands as well. If you want to do that now, follow this
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1181 cross reference to @ref{Info Search}.
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1182
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1183 Yet another set of commands are meant for experienced users; you can
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1184 find them by looking in the Directory node for documentation on Info.
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1185 Finding them will be a good exercise in using Info in the usual
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1186 manner.
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1187
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1188 @format
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1189 >> Type @kbd{d} to go to the Info directory node; then type
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1190 @kbd{mInfo} and Return, to get to the node about Info and
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1191 see what other help is available.
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1192 @end format
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1193
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1194
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1195 @node Tags, Checking, Cross-refs, Expert Info
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1196 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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1197 @section Tags Tables for Info Files
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1198
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1199 @cindex tags tables in info files
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1200 You can speed up the access to nodes of a large Info file by giving
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1201 it a tags table. Unlike the tags table for a program, the tags table for
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1202 an Info file lives inside the file itself and is used
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1203 automatically whenever Info reads in the file.
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1204
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1205 @findex Info-tagify
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1206 To make a tags table, go to a node in the file using Emacs Info mode and type
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1207 @kbd{M-x Info-tagify}. Then you must use @kbd{C-x C-s} to save the
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1208 file. Info files produced by the @code{makeinfo} command that is part
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1209 of the Texinfo package always have tags tables to begin with.
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1210
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1211 @cindex stale tags tables
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1212 @cindex update Info tags table
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1213 Once the Info file has a tags table, you must make certain it is up
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1214 to date. If you edit an Info file directly (as opposed to editing its
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1215 Texinfo source), and, as a result of deletion of text, any node moves back
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1216 more than a thousand characters in the file from the position
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1217 recorded in the tags table, Info will no longer be able to find that
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1218 node. To update the tags table, use the @code{Info-tagify} command
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1219 again.
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1220
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1221 An Info file tags table appears at the end of the file and looks like
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1222 this:
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1223
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1224 @example
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1225 ^_^L
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1226 Tag Table:
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1227 File: info, Node: Cross-refs^?21419
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1228 File: info, Node: Tags^?22145
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1229 ^_
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1230 End Tag Table
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1231 @end example
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1232
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1233 @noindent
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1234 Note that it contains one line per node, and this line contains
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1235 the beginning of the node's header (ending just after the node name),
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1236 a @samp{DEL} character, and the character position in the file of the
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1237 beginning of the node.
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1238
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1239
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1240 @node Checking, Emacs Info Variables, Tags, Expert Info
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1241 @section Checking an Info File
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1242
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1243 When creating an Info file, it is easy to forget the name of a node when
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1244 you are making a pointer to it from another node. If you put in the
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1245 wrong name for a node, this is not detected until someone tries to go
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1246 through the pointer using Info. Verification of the Info file is an
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1247 automatic process which checks all pointers to nodes and reports any
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1248 pointers which are invalid. Every @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}, and
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1249 @samp{Up} is checked, as is every menu item and every cross reference. In
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1250 addition, any @samp{Next} which does not have a @samp{Previous} pointing
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1251 back is reported. Only pointers within the file are checked, because
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1252 checking pointers to other files would be terribly slow. But those are
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1253 usually few.
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1254
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1255 @findex Info-validate
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1256 To check an Info file, do @kbd{M-x Info-validate} while looking at any
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1257 node of the file with Emacs Info mode.
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1258
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1259 @node Emacs Info Variables, , Checking, Expert Info
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1260 @section Emacs Info-mode Variables
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1261
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1262 The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in Emacs;
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1263 you may wish to set one or several of these variables interactively, or
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1264 in your @file{~/.emacs} init file. @xref{Examining, Examining and Setting
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1265 Variables, Examining and Setting Variables, emacs, The GNU Emacs
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1266 Manual}. The stand-alone Info reader program has its own set of
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1267 variables, described in @ref{Variables,, Manipulating Variables,
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1268 info-stnd, GNU Info}.
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1269
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1270 @vtable @code
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1271 @item Info-directory-list
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1272 The list of directories to search for Info files. Each element is a
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1273 string (directory name) or @code{nil} (try default directory). If not
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1274 initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to
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1275 initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no
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1276 @env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment.
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1277
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1278 If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs
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1279 info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH}
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1280 environment variable, since that applies to both programs.
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1281
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1282 @item Info-additional-directory-list
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1283 A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files.
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1284 These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file.
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1285
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1286 @item Info-fontify
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1287 When set to a non-@code{nil} value, enables highlighting of Info
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1288 files. The default is @code{t}. You can change how the highlighting
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1289 looks by customizing the faces @code{info-node}, @code{info-menu-5},
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1290 @code{info-xref}, @code{info-header-xref}, @code{info-header-node},
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1291 @code{info-title-@var{n}-face} (where @var{n} is the level of the
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1292 section, a number between 1 and 4), and @code{info-menu-header}. To
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1293 customize a face, type @kbd{M-x customize-face @key{RET} @var{face}
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1294 @key{RET}}, where @var{face} is one of the face names listed here.
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1295
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1296 @item Info-use-header-line
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1297 If non-@code{nil}, Emacs puts in the Info buffer a header line showing
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1298 the @samp{Next}, @samp{Prev}, and @samp{Up} links. A header line does
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1299 not scroll with the rest of the buffer, making these links always
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1300 visible.
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1301
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1302 @item Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes
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1303 If set to a non-@code{nil} value, @key{SPC} and @key{BACKSPACE} (or
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1304 @key{DEL}) keys in a menu visit subnodes of the current node before
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1305 scrolling to its end or beginning, respectively. For example, if the
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1306 node's menu appears on the screen, the next @key{SPC} moves to a
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1307 subnode indicated by the following menu item. Setting this option to
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1308 @code{nil} results in behavior similar to the stand-alone Info reader
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1309 program, which visits the first subnode from the menu only when you
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1310 hit the end of the current node. The default is @code{t}.
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1311
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1312 @item Info-enable-active-nodes
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1313 When set to a non-@code{nil} value, allows Info to execute Lisp code
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1314 associated with nodes. The Lisp code is executed when the node is
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1315 selected. The Lisp code to be executed should follow the node
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1316 delimiter (the @samp{DEL} character) and an @samp{execute: } tag, like
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1317 this:
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1318
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1319 @example
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1320 ^_execute: (message "This is an active node!")
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1321 @end example
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1322
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1323 @item Info-enable-edit
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1324 Set to @code{nil}, disables the @samp{e} (@code{Info-edit}) command. A
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1325 non-@code{nil} value enables it. @xref{Add, Edit}.
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1326 @end vtable
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1327
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1328
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1329 @node Creating an Info File
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1330 @chapter Creating an Info File from a Texinfo File
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1331
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1332 @code{makeinfo} is a utility that converts a Texinfo file into an Info
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1333 file; @code{texinfo-format-region} and @code{texinfo-format-buffer} are
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1334 GNU Emacs functions that do the same.
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1335
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1336 @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
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1337 Documentation Format}, to learn how to write a Texinfo file.
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1338
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1339 @xref{Creating an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation
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1340 Format}, to learn how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file.
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1341
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1342 @xref{Installing an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
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1343 Documentation Format}, to learn how to install an Info file after you
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1344 have created one.
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1345
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1346 @node Index
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1347 @unnumbered Index
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1348
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1349 This is an alphabetical listing of all the commands, variables, and
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1350 topics discussed in this document.
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1351
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1352 @printindex cp
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1353
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1354 @bye