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14 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU |
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17 Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, |
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22 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or |
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24 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
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25 Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the |
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27 License'' in the Emacs manual. | |
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30 modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Buying copies from GNU |
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32 freedom.'' |
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36 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
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38 @end quotation |
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39 @end copying |
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41 @dircategory Texinfo documentation system |
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42 @direntry |
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43 * Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing system. |
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48 @subtitle The online, hyper-text GNU documentation system |
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50 @author and the GNU Texinfo community |
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63 @dfn{Info format}, which you read using an @dfn{Info reader}. You are |
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68 Emacs, a general-purpose editor. At present, only the Emacs reader |
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141 * Help-Int:: Some intermediate Info commands. | |
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223 @node Help, Help-P, Help-Small-Screen, Getting Started | |
224 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
225 @section How to use Info | |
226 | |
227 You are talking to the program Info, for reading documentation. | |
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25839 | 234 Right now you are looking at one @dfn{Node} of Information. |
235 A node contains text describing a specific topic at a specific | |
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242 node called @samp{Help-P}. An advanced Info command lets you go to |
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250 @samp{Up} link, or both. As you can see, this node has all of these | |
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253 @kindex n @r{(Info mode)} |
25839 | 254 Now it is time to move on to the @samp{Next} node, named @samp{Help-P}. |
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256 @format | |
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257 >> Type @kbd{n} to move there. Type just one character; |
25839 | 258 do not type the quotes and do not type a @key{RET} afterward. |
259 @end format | |
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271 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
272 @section Returning to the Previous node | |
273 | |
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25839 | 275 This node is called @samp{Help-P}. The @samp{Previous} node, as you see, |
276 is @samp{Help}, which is the one you just came from using the @kbd{n} | |
277 command. Another @kbd{n} command now would take you to the next | |
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278 node, @samp{Help-^L}. |
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282 (in Emacs) click on the @samp{Prev} link. That takes you to |
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285 | |
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286 If you read this in Emacs, you will see an @samp{Info} item in the |
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287 menu bar, close to its right edge. Clicking the mouse on the |
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288 @samp{Info} menu-bar item opens a menu of commands which include |
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290 learn about). |
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292 This all probably seems insultingly simple so far, but @emph{please |
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293 don't} start skimming. Things will get complicated soon enough! |
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294 Also, please do not try a new command until you are told it is time |
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295 to. You could make Info skip past an important warning that was |
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298 @format | |
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300 the @samp{Next} link, to get to the node @samp{Help-^L} and learn more. |
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303 @node Help-^L, Help-Inv, Help-P, Getting Started |
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305 @section The Space, DEL, B and ^L commands |
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309 you back to @samp{Help-P}. The node's title is highlighted and may be |
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312 This is a big node and it does not all fit on your display screen. | |
313 You can tell that there is more that is not visible because you | |
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322 The @key{SPC}, @key{BACKSPACE} (or @key{DEL})@footnote{The key which |
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323 we call ``Backspace or DEL'' in this manual is labeled differently on |
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326 to erase the character before the cursor, i.e.@: the character you |
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337 return here). |
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371 Many keyboards nowadays have two scroll keys labeled @samp{PageUp} |
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372 and @samp{PageDown} (or maybe @samp{Prior} and @samp{Next}). If your |
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383 @format | |
384 >> Type @kbd{C-l} now. | |
385 @end format | |
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393 >> Try that now. (We have put in enough verbiage to push this past | |
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416 not the letter ``o''.) | |
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418 From now on, you will encounter large nodes without warning, and | |
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459 Now type @kbd{]}, to learn about the @kbd{]} and @kbd{[} commands. |
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523 special meaning---they are only for the human reader's benefit and do | |
524 not define additional subtopics. Here is an example: | |
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540 described soon), what you specify is the subtopic name, the first | |
541 thing in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts | |
542 the node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there | |
543 is both a subtopic name and a node name is that the node name must be | |
544 meaningful to the computer and may therefore have to be ugly looking. | |
545 The subtopic name can be chosen just to be convenient for the user to | |
546 specify. Often the node name is convenient for the user to specify | |
547 and so both it and the subtopic name are the same. There is an | |
548 abbreviation for this: | |
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562 by looking at it, then the node does not have a menu and the | |
563 @kbd{m} command is not available. | |
564 @end format | |
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596 the @kbd{m}, the line at the bottom of the screen says @samp{Menu item: }. | |
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624 @menu | |
625 * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun. | |
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633 >> Now type just an @kbd{m} and see what happens: | |
634 @end format | |
635 | |
636 Now you are ``inside'' an @kbd{m} command. Commands cannot be used | |
637 now; the next thing you will type must be the name of a subtopic. | |
638 | |
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642 @format | |
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651 >> Now type @kbd{BAR}, the item name. Do not type @key{RET} yet. |
25839 | 652 @end format |
653 | |
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658 @format | |
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660 to replace it. But you do not have to, since @samp{BA} is a valid |
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662 @end format |
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666 @end format | |
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668 After visiting @samp{Help-FOO}, you should return here. |
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670 Another way to move to the menu subtopic lines and between them is |
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710 >> Type @kbd{n} to see more commands. | |
711 @end format | |
712 | |
713 @node Help-FOO, , , Help-M | |
714 @subsection The @kbd{u} command | |
715 | |
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734 @format | |
735 >> Now type @kbd{u} to move back up to @samp{Help-M}. | |
736 @end format | |
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841 that for you. It searches the index for a given topic (a string) and |
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842 goes to the node which is listed in the index for that topic. |
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849 retrace your steps, the @kbd{l} command (@kbd{l} for @dfn{last}) will | |
850 do that, one node-step at a time. As you move from node to node, Info | |
851 records the nodes where you have been in a special history list. The | |
852 @kbd{l} command revisits nodes in the history list; each successive | |
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25839 | 896 >> Now type @kbd{n} to see the last node of the course. |
897 @end format | |
898 | |
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902 @c It is an accident of the menu updating command. | |
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904 @node Help-Q, , Help-Int, Getting Started |
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914 This is the end of the basic course on using Info. You have learned |
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916 references. This makes you ready for reading manuals top to bottom, |
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917 as new users should do when they learn a new package. |
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922 these search commands as well. If you want to do that now, follow this |
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923 cross reference to @ref{Advanced}. |
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926 find them by looking in the Directory node for documentation on Info. |
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927 Finding them will be a good exercise in using Info in the usual |
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931 >> Type @kbd{d} to go to the Info directory node; then type |
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932 @kbd{mInfo} and Return, to get to the node about Info and |
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938 @chapter Advanced Info Commands | |
25839 | 939 |
66009 | 940 This chapter describes various advanced Info commands. (If you |
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942 specific to it, which are documented in several chapters of @ref{Top,, |
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943 GNU Info, info-stnd, GNU Info}.) |
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946 One advanced command useful with most of the others described here | |
947 is @kbd{C-q}, which ``quotes'' the next character so that it is | |
948 entered literally (@pxref{Inserting Text,,,emacs,The GNU Emacs | |
949 Manual}). For example, pressing @kbd{?} ordinarily brings up a list | |
950 of completion possibilities. If you want to (for example) search for | |
951 an actual @samp{?} character, the simplest way is to insert it using | |
952 @kbd{C-q ?}. This works the same in Emacs and stand-alone Info. | |
953 | |
25839 | 954 @menu |
66009 | 955 * Search Text:: How to search Info documents. |
956 * Search Index:: How to search the indices for specific subjects. | |
957 * Go to node:: How to go to a node by name. | |
958 * Choose menu subtopic:: How to choose a menu subtopic by its number. | |
959 * Create Info buffer:: How to create a new Info buffer in Emacs. | |
25839 | 960 * Emacs Info Variables:: Variables modifying the behavior of Emacs Info. |
961 @end menu | |
962 | |
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968 @cindex searching Info documents |
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969 @cindex Info document as a reference |
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970 The commands which move between and inside nodes allow you to read |
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971 the entire manual or its large portions. But what if you need to find |
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972 some information in the manual as fast as you can, and you don't know |
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974 you use a manual as a @dfn{reference}, or when it is impractical to |
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975 read the entire manual before you start using the programs it |
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978 Info has powerful searching facilities that let you find things |
66009 | 979 quickly. You can search either the manual text or its indices. |
980 | |
981 @kindex s @r{(Info mode)} | |
982 @findex Info-search | |
983 The @kbd{s} command allows you to search a whole Info file for a string. | |
984 It switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You | |
985 type @kbd{s} followed by the string to search for, terminated by | |
986 @key{RET}. To search for the same string again, just @kbd{s} followed | |
987 by @key{RET} will do. The file's nodes are scanned in the order | |
988 they are in the file, which has no necessary relationship to the | |
989 order that they may be in the tree structure of menus and @samp{next} | |
990 pointers. But normally the two orders are not very different. In any | |
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991 case, you can always look at the mode line to find out what node you have |
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993 puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, not at the beginning | |
994 of the node). | |
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997 In Emacs, @kbd{Meta-s} is equivalent to @kbd{s}. That is for | |
998 compatibility with other GNU packages that use @kbd{M-s} for a similar | |
999 kind of search command. Both @kbd{s} and @kbd{M-s} run in Emacs the | |
1000 command @code{Info-search}. | |
1001 | |
1002 @kindex C-s @r{(Info mode)} | |
1003 @kindex C-r @r{(Info mode)} | |
1004 @findex isearch | |
1005 Instead of using @kbd{s} in Emacs Info and in the stand-alone Info, | |
1006 you can use an incremental search started with @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r}. | |
1007 It can search through multiple Info nodes. @xref{Incremental Search,,, | |
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1011 | |
1012 @node Search Index, Go to node, Search Text, Advanced | |
1013 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1014 @section How to search the indices for specific subjects | |
1015 | |
1016 @cindex searching Info indices | |
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1028 The @kbd{i} command and subsequent @kbd{,} commands find all index |
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1030 For each match, Info shows in the echo area the full index entry it |
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1033 looking for, so we recommend that you read what Info shows in the echo |
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66009 | 1058 @node Go to node, Choose menu subtopic, Search Index, Advanced |
1059 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1060 @section @kbd{g} goes to a node by name | |
1061 | |
1062 @kindex g @r{(Info mode)} | |
1063 @findex Info-goto-node | |
1064 @cindex go to a node by name | |
1065 If you know a node's name, you can go there by typing @kbd{g}, the | |
1066 name, and @key{RET}. Thus, @kbd{gTop@key{RET}} would go to the node | |
1067 called @samp{Top} in this file. (This is equivalent to @kbd{t}, see | |
1068 @ref{Help-Int}.) @kbd{gGo to node@key{RET}} would come back here. | |
1069 | |
1070 Unlike @kbd{m}, @kbd{g} does not allow the use of abbreviations. | |
1071 But it does allow completion, so you can type @key{TAB} to complete a | |
1072 partial node name. | |
1073 | |
1074 @cindex go to another Info file | |
1075 To go to a node in another file, you can include the file name in the | |
1076 node name by putting it at the front, in parentheses. Thus, | |
1077 @kbd{g(dir)Top@key{RET}} would go to the Info Directory node, which is | |
1078 the node @samp{Top} in the Info file @file{dir}. Likewise, | |
1079 @kbd{g(emacs)Top@key{RET}} goes to the top node of the Emacs manual. | |
1080 | |
1081 The node name @samp{*} specifies the whole file. So you can look at | |
1082 all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any | |
1083 other file with @kbd{g(@var{filename})*@key{RET}}. | |
1084 | |
1085 @node Choose menu subtopic, Create Info buffer, Go to node, Advanced | |
1086 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1087 @section @kbd{1}--@kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number | |
1088 | |
1089 @kindex 1 @r{through} 9 @r{(Info mode)} | |
1090 @findex Info-nth-menu-item | |
1091 @cindex select @var{n}'th menu item | |
1092 If you begrudge each character of type-in which your system requires, | |
1093 you might like to use the commands @kbd{1}, @kbd{2}, @kbd{3}, @kbd{4}, | |
1094 @dots{}, @kbd{9}. They are short for the @kbd{m} command together | |
1095 with a name of a menu subtopic. @kbd{1} goes through the first item | |
1096 in the current node's menu; @kbd{2} goes through the second item, etc. | |
1097 In the stand-alone reader, @kbd{0} goes through the last menu item; | |
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66009 | 1099 |
1100 If your display supports multiple fonts, colors or underlining, and | |
1101 you are using Emacs' Info mode to read Info files, the third, sixth | |
1102 and ninth menu items have a @samp{*} that stands out, either in color | |
1103 or in some other attribute, such as underline; this makes it easy to | |
1104 see at a glance which number to use for an item. | |
1105 | |
1106 Some terminals don't support either multiple fonts, colors or | |
1107 underlining. If you need to actually count items, it is better to use | |
1108 @kbd{m} instead, and specify the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly | |
1109 move between menu items. | |
1110 | |
1111 @node Create Info buffer, Emacs Info Variables, Choose menu subtopic, Advanced | |
1112 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1113 @section @kbd{M-n} creates a new independent Info buffer in Emacs | |
1114 | |
1115 @kindex M-n @r{(Info mode)} | |
1116 @findex clone-buffer | |
1117 @cindex multiple Info buffers | |
1118 If you are reading Info in Emacs, you can select a new independent | |
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66009 | 1120 starts out as an exact copy of the old one, but you will be able to |
1121 move independently between nodes in the two buffers. (In Info mode, | |
1122 @kbd{M-n} runs the Emacs command @code{clone-buffer}.) | |
1123 | |
1124 In Emacs Info, you can also produce new Info buffers by giving a | |
1125 numeric prefix argument to the @kbd{m} and @kbd{g} commands. @kbd{C-u | |
1126 m} and @kbd{C-u g} go to a new node in exactly the same way that | |
1127 @kbd{m} and @kbd{g} do, but they do so in a new Info buffer which they | |
1128 select in another window. | |
1129 | |
1130 Another way to produce new Info buffers in Emacs is to use a numeric | |
1131 prefix argument for the @kbd{C-h i} command (@code{info}) which | |
1132 switches to the Info buffer with that number. Thus, @kbd{C-u 2 C-h i} | |
1133 switches to the buffer @samp{*info*<2>}, creating it if necessary. | |
1134 | |
1135 @node Emacs Info Variables, , Create Info buffer, Advanced | |
1136 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1137 @section Emacs Info-mode Variables | |
1138 | |
1139 The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in Emacs; | |
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66009 | 1142 Variables, Examining and Setting Variables, emacs, The GNU Emacs |
1143 Manual}. The stand-alone Info reader program has its own set of | |
1144 variables, described in @ref{Variables,, Manipulating Variables, | |
1145 info-stnd, GNU Info}. | |
1146 | |
1147 @vtable @code | |
1148 @item Info-directory-list | |
1149 The list of directories to search for Info files. Each element is a | |
1150 string (directory name) or @code{nil} (try default directory). If not | |
1151 initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to | |
1152 initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no | |
1153 @env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment. | |
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1156 Info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH} | |
1157 environment variable, since that applies to both programs. | |
1158 | |
1159 @item Info-additional-directory-list | |
1160 A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files. | |
1161 These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file. | |
1162 | |
1163 @item Info-mode-hook | |
1164 Hooks run when @code{Info-mode} is called. By default, it contains | |
1165 the hook @code{turn-on-font-lock} which enables highlighting of Info | |
1166 files. You can change how the highlighting looks by customizing the | |
1167 faces @code{info-node}, @code{info-xref}, @code{info-xref-visited}, | |
1168 @code{info-header-xref}, @code{info-header-node}, @code{info-menu-header}, | |
1169 @code{info-menu-star}, and @code{info-title-@var{n}} (where @var{n} | |
1170 is the level of the section, a number between 1 and 4). To customize | |
1171 a face, type @kbd{M-x customize-face @key{RET} @var{face} @key{RET}}, | |
1172 where @var{face} is one of the face names listed here. | |
1173 | |
1174 @item Info-fontify-maximum-menu-size | |
1175 Maximum size of menu to fontify if @code{font-lock-mode} is non-@code{nil}. | |
1176 | |
1177 @item Info-fontify-visited-nodes | |
1178 If non-@code{nil}, menu items and cross-references pointing to visited | |
1179 nodes are displayed in the @code{info-xref-visited} face. | |
1180 | |
1181 @item Info-use-header-line | |
1182 If non-@code{nil}, Emacs puts in the Info buffer a header line showing | |
1183 the @samp{Next}, @samp{Prev}, and @samp{Up} links. A header line does | |
1184 not scroll with the rest of the buffer, making these links always | |
1185 visible. | |
1186 | |
1187 @item Info-hide-note-references | |
1188 As explained in earlier nodes, the Emacs version of Info normally | |
1189 hides some text in menus and cross-references. You can completely | |
1190 disable this feature, by setting this option to @code{nil}. Setting | |
1191 it to a value that is neither @code{nil} nor @code{t} produces an | |
1192 intermediate behavior, hiding a limited amount of text, but showing | |
1193 all text that could potentially be useful. | |
1194 | |
1195 @item Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes | |
1196 If set to a non-@code{nil} value, @key{SPC} and @key{BACKSPACE} (or | |
1197 @key{DEL}) keys in a menu visit subnodes of the current node before | |
1198 scrolling to its end or beginning, respectively. For example, if the | |
1199 node's menu appears on the screen, the next @key{SPC} moves to a | |
1200 subnode indicated by the following menu item. Setting this option to | |
1201 @code{nil} results in behavior similar to the stand-alone Info reader | |
1202 program, which visits the first subnode from the menu only when you | |
1203 hit the end of the current node. The default is @code{nil}. | |
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1206 If non-@code{nil}, isearch in Info searches through multiple nodes. | |
1207 | |
1208 @item Info-enable-active-nodes | |
1209 When set to a non-@code{nil} value, allows Info to execute Lisp code | |
1210 associated with nodes. The Lisp code is executed when the node is | |
1211 selected. The Lisp code to be executed should follow the node | |
1212 delimiter (the @samp{DEL} character) and an @samp{execute: } tag, like | |
1213 this: | |
1214 | |
1215 @example | |
1216 ^_execute: (message "This is an active node!") | |
1217 @end example | |
1218 @end vtable | |
1219 | |
1220 | |
1221 @node Expert Info | |
1222 @chapter Info for Experts | |
1223 | |
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1233 @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU | |
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1236 @xref{Creating an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation | |
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1239 @xref{Installing an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU | |
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1240 Documentation Format}, for how to install an Info file after you |
66009 | 1241 have created one. |
1242 | |
1243 However, if you want to edit an Info file manually and install it manually, | |
1244 here is how. | |
1245 | |
1246 @menu | |
1247 * Add:: Describes how to add new nodes to the hierarchy. | |
1248 Also tells what nodes look like. | |
1249 * Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes. | |
1250 * Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes. | |
1251 * Tags:: How to make tags tables for Info files. | |
1252 * Checking:: Checking an Info File. | |
1253 @end menu | |
1254 | |
1255 @node Add, Menus, , Expert Info | |
25839 | 1256 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1257 @section Adding a new node to Info | |
1258 | |
1259 To add a new topic to the list in the Info directory, you must: | |
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25839 | 1261 @enumerate |
1262 @item | |
1263 Create some nodes, in some file, to document that topic. | |
1264 @item | |
1265 Put that topic in the menu in the directory. @xref{Menus, Menu}. | |
1266 @end enumerate | |
1267 | |
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25839 | 1271 user; this node has one but you cannot see it), and it ends with either |
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1290 recommended order is the one in this sentence. Each keyword must be | |
1291 followed by a colon, spaces and tabs, and then the appropriate name. | |
1292 The name may be terminated with a tab, a comma, or a newline. A space | |
1293 does not end it; node names may contain spaces. The case of letters | |
1294 in the names is insignificant. | |
1295 | |
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25839 | 1298 A node name has two forms. A node in the current file is named by |
1299 what appears after the @samp{Node: } in that node's first line. For | |
1300 example, this node's name is @samp{Add}. A node in another file is | |
1301 named by @samp{(@var{filename})@var{node-within-file}}, as in | |
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1313 | |
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25839 | 1315 The node name @kbd{*} is special: it refers to the entire file. |
1316 Thus, @kbd{g*} shows you the whole current file. The use of the | |
1317 node @kbd{*} is to make it possible to make old-fashioned, | |
1318 unstructured files into nodes of the tree. | |
1319 | |
1320 The @samp{Node:} name, in which a node states its own name, must not | |
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1324 node is in the same file, it was not necessary to use one. |
25839 | 1325 |
1326 Note that the nodes in this file have a file name in the header | |
1327 line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments | |
1328 to help identify the node for the user. | |
1329 | |
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1330 @node Menus, Cross-refs, Add, Expert Info |
25839 | 1331 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1332 @section How to Create Menus | |
1333 | |
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1334 Any node in the Info hierarchy may have a @dfn{menu}---a list of subnodes. |
25839 | 1335 The @kbd{m} command searches the current node's menu for the topic which it |
1336 reads from the terminal. | |
1337 | |
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1338 @cindex menu and menu entry format |
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1340 rest of the line is a comment. After the starting line, every line |
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1341 that begins with a @samp{* } lists a single topic. The name of the |
57342 | 1342 topic---what the user must type at the @kbd{m}'s command prompt to |
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1343 select this topic---comes right after the star and space, and is |
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1344 followed by a colon, spaces and tabs, and the name of the node which |
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1346 @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} and @samp{Up}, may be terminated with a |
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1347 tab, comma, or newline; it may also be terminated with a period. |
25839 | 1348 |
1349 If the node name and topic name are the same, then rather than | |
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1350 giving the name twice, the abbreviation @samp{* @var{name}::} may be |
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1351 used (and should be used, whenever possible, as it reduces the visual |
25839 | 1352 clutter in the menu). |
1353 | |
1354 It is considerate to choose the topic names so that they differ | |
1355 from each other very near the beginning---this allows the user to type | |
1356 short abbreviations. In a long menu, it is a good idea to capitalize | |
1357 the beginning of each item name which is the minimum acceptable | |
1358 abbreviation for it (a long menu is more than 5 or so entries). | |
1359 | |
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1360 The nodes listed in a node's menu are called its ``subnodes,'' and it |
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1361 is their ``superior''. They should each have an @samp{Up:} pointing at |
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1362 the superior. It is often useful to arrange all or most of the subnodes |
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1363 in a sequence of @samp{Next} and @samp{Previous} pointers so that |
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1364 someone who wants to see them all need not keep revisiting the Menu. |
25839 | 1365 |
1366 The Info Directory is simply the menu of the node @samp{(dir)Top}---that | |
1367 is, node @samp{Top} in file @file{.../info/dir}. You can put new entries | |
1368 in that menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is @emph{not} the | |
1369 same as the file directory called @file{info}. It happens that many of | |
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1370 Info's files live in that file directory, but they do not have to; and |
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1371 files in that directory are not automatically listed in the Info |
25839 | 1372 Directory node. |
1373 | |
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1374 Also, although the Info node graph is claimed to be a ``hierarchy,'' |
25839 | 1375 in fact it can be @emph{any} directed graph. Shared structures and |
1376 pointer cycles are perfectly possible, and can be used if they are | |
1377 appropriate to the meaning to be expressed. There is no need for all | |
1378 the nodes in a file to form a connected structure. In fact, this file | |
1379 has two connected components. You are in one of them, which is under | |
1380 the node @samp{Top}; the other contains the node @samp{Help} which the | |
1381 @kbd{h} command goes to. In fact, since there is no garbage | |
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1382 collector on the node graph, nothing terrible happens if a substructure |
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1383 is not pointed to, but such a substructure is rather useless since nobody |
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1384 can ever find out that it exists. |
25839 | 1385 |
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1386 @node Cross-refs, Tags, Menus, Expert Info |
25839 | 1387 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1388 @section Creating Cross References | |
1389 | |
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1390 @cindex cross reference format |
25839 | 1391 A cross reference can be placed anywhere in the text, unlike a menu |
1392 item which must go at the front of a line. A cross reference looks | |
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1393 like a menu item except that it has @samp{*note} instead of @samp{*}. |
25839 | 1394 It @emph{cannot} be terminated by a @samp{)}, because @samp{)}'s are |
1395 so often part of node names. If you wish to enclose a cross reference | |
1396 in parentheses, terminate it with a period first. Here are two | |
1397 examples of cross references pointers: | |
1398 | |
1399 @example | |
1400 *Note details: commands. (See *note 3: Full Proof.) | |
1401 @end example | |
1402 | |
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1404 @emph{These are just examples.} The places they ``lead to'' do not |
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1405 really exist! |
25839 | 1406 |
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1407 @menu |
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1408 * Help-Cross:: Target of a cross-reference. |
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1409 @end menu |
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1412 @node Help-Cross, , , Cross-refs |
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1413 @subsection The node reached by the cross reference in Info |
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1415 This is the node reached by the cross reference named @samp{Cross}. |
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1417 While this node is specifically intended to be reached by a cross |
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1418 reference, most cross references lead to nodes that ``belong'' |
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1419 someplace else far away in the structure of an Info document. So you |
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1420 cannot expect this node to have a @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} or |
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1421 @samp{Up} links pointing back to where you came from. In general, the |
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1422 @kbd{l} (el) command is the only way to get back there. |
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1423 |
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1424 @format |
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1425 >> Type @kbd{l} to return to the node where the cross reference was. |
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1426 @end format |
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1428 @node Tags, Checking, Cross-refs, Expert Info |
25839 | 1429 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1430 @section Tags Tables for Info Files | |
1431 | |
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1432 @cindex tags tables in Info files |
25839 | 1433 You can speed up the access to nodes of a large Info file by giving |
1434 it a tags table. Unlike the tags table for a program, the tags table for | |
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1435 an Info file lives inside the file itself and is used |
25839 | 1436 automatically whenever Info reads in the file. |
1437 | |
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1438 @findex Info-tagify |
25839 | 1439 To make a tags table, go to a node in the file using Emacs Info mode and type |
1440 @kbd{M-x Info-tagify}. Then you must use @kbd{C-x C-s} to save the | |
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1441 file. Info files produced by the @code{makeinfo} command that is part |
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1442 of the Texinfo package always have tags tables to begin with. |
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1444 @cindex stale tags tables |
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1445 @cindex update Info tags table |
25839 | 1446 Once the Info file has a tags table, you must make certain it is up |
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1447 to date. If you edit an Info file directly (as opposed to editing its |
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1448 Texinfo source), and, as a result of deletion of text, any node moves back |
25839 | 1449 more than a thousand characters in the file from the position |
1450 recorded in the tags table, Info will no longer be able to find that | |
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1451 node. To update the tags table, use the @code{Info-tagify} command |
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1452 again. |
25839 | 1453 |
1454 An Info file tags table appears at the end of the file and looks like | |
1455 this: | |
1456 | |
1457 @example | |
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1458 ^_^L |
25839 | 1459 Tag Table: |
1460 File: info, Node: Cross-refs^?21419 | |
1461 File: info, Node: Tags^?22145 | |
1462 ^_ | |
1463 End Tag Table | |
1464 @end example | |
1465 | |
1466 @noindent | |
1467 Note that it contains one line per node, and this line contains | |
1468 the beginning of the node's header (ending just after the node name), | |
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25839 | 1470 beginning of the node. |
1471 | |
66009 | 1472 @node Checking, , Tags, Expert Info |
25839 | 1473 @section Checking an Info File |
1474 | |
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1475 When creating an Info file, it is easy to forget the name of a node when |
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1476 you are making a pointer to it from another node. If you put in the |
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1477 wrong name for a node, this is not detected until someone tries to go |
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1478 through the pointer using Info. Verification of the Info file is an |
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1479 automatic process which checks all pointers to nodes and reports any |
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1480 pointers which are invalid. Every @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}, and |
25839 | 1481 @samp{Up} is checked, as is every menu item and every cross reference. In |
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1482 addition, any @samp{Next} which does not have a @samp{Previous} pointing |
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1483 back is reported. Only pointers within the file are checked, because |
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1484 checking pointers to other files would be terribly slow. But those are |
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1485 usually few. |
25839 | 1486 |
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1487 @findex Info-validate |
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1488 To check an Info file, do @kbd{M-x Info-validate} while looking at any |
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1489 node of the file with Emacs Info mode. |
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1491 @node Index |
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1492 @unnumbered Index |
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1494 This is an alphabetical listing of all the commands, variables, and |
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1495 topics discussed in this document. |
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1497 @printindex cp |
25839 | 1498 |
1499 @bye | |
52401 | 1500 |
1501 @ignore | |
1502 arch-tag: 965c1638-01d6-4156-9227-b10418b9d8e8 | |
1503 @end ignore |