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4 @settitle Info |
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9 @comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.26 2002/10/02 23:24:31 karl Exp $ |
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12 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU |
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13 documentation system. |
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15 Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
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16 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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18 @quotation |
32315 | 19 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
20 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or | |
21 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no | |
22 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
23 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the | |
24 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation | |
25 License'' in the Emacs manual. | |
25839 | 26 |
32315 | 27 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify |
28 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free | |
29 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' | |
25839 | 30 |
32315 | 31 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free |
32 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
33 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
34 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
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38 @dircategory Texinfo documentation system |
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39 @direntry |
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40 * Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing system. |
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41 @end direntry |
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43 @titlepage | |
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45 @subtitle The online, hyper-text GNU documentation system |
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47 @author and the GNU Texinfo community |
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25839 | 55 @top Info: An Introduction |
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57 The GNU Project distributes most of its on-line manuals in the |
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58 @dfn{Info format}, which you read using an @dfn{Info reader}. You are |
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59 probably using an Info reader to read this now. |
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62 If you are new to the Info reader and want to learn how to use it, |
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63 type the command @kbd{h} now. It brings you to a programmed |
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66 To read about expert-level Info commands, type @kbd{n} twice. This |
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79 @node Getting Started, Expert Info, Top, Top |
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81 @chapter Getting Started | |
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83 This first part of the Info manual describes how to get around inside | |
84 of Info. The second part of the manual describes various advanced | |
85 Info commands, and how to write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo | |
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91 program on a computer, so that you can try Info commands while reading |
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92 about them. Reading it on paper or with an HTML browser is less |
25839 | 93 effective, since you must take it on faith that the commands described |
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25839 | 100 There are two ways of looking at the online version of this manual: |
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113 In either case, then type @kbd{mInfo} (just the letters), followed by | |
114 @key{RET}---the ``Return'' or ``Enter'' key. At this point, you should | |
115 be ready to follow the instructions in this manual as you read them on | |
116 the screen. | |
117 @c FIXME! (pesch@cygnus.com, 14 dec 1992) | |
118 @c Is it worth worrying about what-if the beginner goes to somebody | |
119 @c else's Emacs session, which already has an Info running in the middle | |
120 @c of something---in which case these simple instructions won't work? | |
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123 @menu | |
124 * Help-Small-Screen:: Starting Info on a Small Screen | |
125 * Help:: How to use Info | |
126 * Help-P:: Returning to the Previous node | |
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139 number of lines; most readers pass by it without seeing it.) | |
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25839 | 147 of the screen, it means the entire text you are looking at fits on the |
148 screen. If you see @samp{--Top----} instead, it means that there is | |
149 more text below that does not fit. To move forward through the text | |
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25839 | 156 see what they do. At the end are instructions of what you should do |
157 next. | |
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210 @node Help, Help-P, Help-Small-Screen, Getting Started | |
211 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
212 @section How to use Info | |
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214 You are talking to the program Info, for reading documentation. | |
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226 any node whose name you know. In the stand-alone Info reader program, |
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230 if you scroll through the node. |
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232 Besides a @samp{Next}, a node can have a @samp{Previous} or an | |
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233 @samp{Up} links, or both. As you can see, this node has all of these |
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236 @kindex n @r{(Info mode)} |
25839 | 237 Now it is time to move on to the @samp{Next} node, named @samp{Help-P}. |
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239 @format | |
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240 >> Type @kbd{n} to move there. Type just one character; |
25839 | 241 do not type the quotes and do not type a @key{RET} afterward. |
242 @end format | |
243 | |
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254 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
255 @section Returning to the Previous node | |
256 | |
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257 @kindex p @r{(Info mode)} |
25839 | 258 This node is called @samp{Help-P}. The @samp{Previous} node, as you see, |
259 is @samp{Help}, which is the one you just came from using the @kbd{n} | |
260 command. Another @kbd{n} command now would take you to the next | |
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261 node, @samp{Help-^L}. |
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263 @format | |
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265 or click the middle mouse button on the @samp{Prev} link. That |
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266 takes you to the @samp{Previous} node. Then use @kbd{n} to return here. |
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268 | |
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269 If you read this in Emacs, you will see an @samp{Info} item in the |
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270 menu bar, close to its right edge. Clicking the mouse on the |
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271 @samp{Info} menu-bar item opens a menu of commands which include |
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272 @samp{Next} and @samp{Prev} (and also some others which you didn't yet |
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273 learn about). |
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275 This all probably seems insultingly simple so far, but @emph{please |
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278 to. You could make Info skip past an important warning that was |
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279 coming up. |
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281 @format | |
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282 >> Now do an @kbd{n}, or click the middle mouse button on the @samp{Next} |
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283 link, to get to the node @samp{Help-^L} and learn more. |
25839 | 284 @end format |
285 | |
286 @node Help-^L, Help-M, Help-P, Getting Started | |
287 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
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288 @section The Space, DEL, B and ^L commands. |
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292 you back to @samp{Help-P}. The node's title is highlighted and may be |
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295 This is a big node and it does not all fit on your display screen. | |
296 You can tell that there is more that is not visible because you | |
297 can see the string @samp{--Top-----} rather than @samp{--All----} near | |
298 the bottom right corner of the screen. | |
299 | |
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303 @findex Info-scroll-up |
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305 The @key{SPC}, @key{BACKSPACE} (or @key{DEL})@footnote{The key which |
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306 we call ``Backspace or DEL'' in this manual is labeled differently on |
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307 different keyboards. Look for a key which is a little ways above the |
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308 @key{ENTER} or @key{RET} key and which you normally use outside Emacs |
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309 to erase the character before the cursor, i.e.@: the character you |
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310 typed last. It might be labeled @samp{Backspace} or @samp{<-} or |
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311 @samp{DEL}, or sometimes @samp{Delete}.} and @kbd{b} commands exist to |
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313 screen at once. @key{SPC} moves forward, to show what was below the |
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314 bottom of the screen. @key{DEL} or @key{BACKSPACE} moves backward, to |
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316 the top until you have typed some spaces). |
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318 @format | |
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320 return here). |
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329 If you are reading this in Emacs, note that the header line is |
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330 always visible, never scrolling off the display. That way, you can |
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331 always see the @samp{Next}, @samp{Prev}, and @samp{Up} links, and you |
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338 the current node. They also move between nodes. @key{SPC} at the end |
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349 all of its subnodes, @key{SPC} takes you to the next node or to the |
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354 Many keyboards nowadays have two scroll keys labeled @samp{PageUp} |
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366 @format | |
367 >> Type @kbd{C-l} now. | |
368 @end format | |
369 | |
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376 >> Try that now. (We have put in enough verbiage to push this past | |
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379 Then come back, by typing @key{SPC} one or more times. |
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381 | |
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389 want to use one but have trouble remembering which, you should type | |
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392 the list, make it go away by typing a @key{SPC} repeatedly. |
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394 @format | |
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397 you are using Emacs, the help will then go away automatically. |
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405 From now on, you will encounter large nodes without warning, and | |
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407 move around in them without being told. Since not all terminals have |
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409 | |
410 @format | |
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417 @section Menus and the @kbd{m} command |
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421 With only the @kbd{n} (next) and @kbd{p} (previous) commands for |
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423 Menus allow a branching structure. A menu is a list of other nodes |
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424 you can move to. It is actually just part of the text of the node |
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426 menu is always identified by a line which starts with @samp{* Menu:}. |
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427 A node contains a menu if and only if it has a line in it which starts |
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428 that way. The only menu you can use at any moment is the one in the |
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429 node you are in. To use a menu in any other node, you must move to |
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430 that node first. |
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432 After the start of the menu, each line that starts with a @samp{*} | |
433 identifies one subtopic. The line usually contains a brief name | |
434 for the subtopic (followed by a @samp{:}), the name of the node that talks | |
435 about that subtopic, and optionally some further description of the | |
436 subtopic. Lines in the menu that do not start with a @samp{*} have no | |
437 special meaning---they are only for the human reader's benefit and do | |
438 not define additional subtopics. Here is an example: | |
439 | |
440 @example | |
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441 * Foo: Node about FOO. This tells about FOO. |
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444 The subtopic name is Foo, and the node describing it is @samp{Node |
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445 about FOO}. The rest of the line is just for the reader's |
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446 Information. [[ But this line is not a real menu item, simply because |
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447 there is no line above it which starts with @samp{* Menu:}.]] |
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449 When you use a menu to go to another node (in a way that will be | |
450 described soon), what you specify is the subtopic name, the first | |
451 thing in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts | |
452 the node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there | |
453 is both a subtopic name and a node name is that the node name must be | |
454 meaningful to the computer and may therefore have to be ugly looking. | |
455 The subtopic name can be chosen just to be convenient for the user to | |
456 specify. Often the node name is convenient for the user to specify | |
457 and so both it and the subtopic name are the same. There is an | |
458 abbreviation for this: | |
459 | |
460 @example | |
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463 | |
464 @noindent | |
465 This means that the subtopic name and node name are the same; they are | |
466 both @samp{Foo}. | |
467 | |
468 @format | |
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470 the front with a @kbd{b} and some @key{SPC}s. As you see, a menu is |
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472 by looking at it, then the node does not have a menu and the | |
473 @kbd{m} command is not available. | |
474 @end format | |
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485 The Info commands you know do not need additional input; when you |
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492 screen. There is one more line beneath that one, but usually it is | |
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497 input, not commands. You must either give the input and finish the |
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498 command you started, or type @kbd{Control-g} to cancel the command. |
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504 the @kbd{m}, the line at the bottom of the screen says @samp{Menu item: }. | |
505 You must then type the name of the subtopic you want, and end it with | |
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508 @cindex abbreviating Info subnodes |
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524 If you move the cursor to one of the menu subtopic lines, then you do | |
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532 @menu | |
533 * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun. | |
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534 * Bar: Help-FOO. We have made two ways to get to the same place. |
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536 @end menu | |
537 | |
538 @format | |
539 >> Now type just an @kbd{m} and see what happens: | |
540 @end format | |
541 | |
542 Now you are ``inside'' an @kbd{m} command. Commands cannot be used | |
543 now; the next thing you will type must be the name of a subtopic. | |
544 | |
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548 @format | |
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559 | |
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564 @format | |
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566 to replace it. But you do not have to, since @samp{BA} is a valid |
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572 @end format | |
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574 After visiting @samp{Help-FOO}, you should return here. |
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576 Another way to move to the menu subtopic lines and between them is |
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577 to type @key{TAB}. Each time you type a @key{TAB}, you move to the |
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578 next subtopic line. To move to a previous subtopic line, type |
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579 @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}---that is, press and hold the @key{META} key and then |
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580 press @key{TAB}. (On some keyboards, the @key{META} key might be labeled |
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581 @samp{Alt}.) |
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583 Once you move cursor to a subtopic line, press @key{RET} to go to |
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586 @cindex mouse support in Info mode |
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587 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(Info mode)} |
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588 If your terminal supports a mouse, you have yet another way of going |
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591 ends the subtopic's brief name. You will see the subtopic's name |
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592 change its appearance (usually, its background color will change), and |
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594 that. After a while, if you leave the mouse on that spot, a small |
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595 window will pop up, saying ``Mouse-2: go to that node'', or the same |
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596 message may appear at the bottom of the screen. |
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598 @kbd{Mouse-2} is the second button of your mouse counting from the |
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601 button''.) The message tells you pressing @kbd{Mouse-2} with the |
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602 current position of the mouse pointer (on subtopic in the menu) will |
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606 More generally, @kbd{Mouse-2} in an Info buffer finds the nearest |
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607 link to another node and goes there. For example, near a cross |
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608 reference it acts like @kbd{f}, in a menu it acts like @kbd{m}, on the |
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609 node's header line it acts like @kbd{n}, @kbd{p}, or @kbd{u}, etc. At |
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610 end of the node's text @kbd{Mouse-2} moves to the next node, or up if |
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611 there's no next node. |
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613 Here is another way to get to Help-FOO, a menu. You can ignore this |
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614 if you want, or else try it by typing @key{TAB} and then @key{RET}, or |
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615 clicking @kbd{Mouse-2} on it (but then please come back to here). |
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617 @menu |
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622 >> Type @kbd{n} to see more commands. | |
623 @end format | |
624 | |
625 @node Help-FOO, , , Help-M | |
626 @subsection The @kbd{u} command | |
627 | |
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628 Congratulations! This is the node @samp{Help-FOO}. It has an @samp{Up} |
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629 pointer @samp{Help-M}, the node you just came from via the @kbd{m} |
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630 command. This is the usual convention---the nodes you reach from a menu |
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632 tree, and @samp{Up} moves Up. @samp{Previous}, on the other hand, is |
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635 @kindex u @r{(Info mode)} |
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639 @code{Info-up}). That puts you at the @emph{front} of the node---to |
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640 get back to where you were reading you have to type some @key{SPC}s. |
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641 (Some Info readers, such as the one built into Emacs, put you at the |
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642 same place where you were reading in @samp{Help-M}.) |
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645 pointer shown in the header line (provided that you have a mouse). |
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647 @format | |
648 >> Now type @kbd{u} to move back up to @samp{Help-M}. | |
649 @end format | |
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651 @node Help-Xref, Help-Int, Help-M, Getting Started |
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652 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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653 @section Following Cross-References |
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655 @cindex cross references in Info documents |
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656 In Info documentation, you will see many @dfn{cross references}. |
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657 Cross references look like this: @xref{Help-Cross, Cross}. That text |
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658 is a real, live cross reference, whose name is @samp{Cross} and which |
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661 @kindex f @r{(Info mode)} |
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664 cursor to it and press @key{RET}, just as in a menu. @key{RET} |
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667 case, @samp{Cross}) as an argument. In Emacs Info, @kbd{f} runs |
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670 In the @kbd{f} command, you select the cross reference with its |
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671 name, so it does not matter where the cursor was. If the cursor is on |
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673 parentheses as the default; typing @key{RET} will follow that |
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675 will follow the other reference which has that name. |
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677 @format |
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678 >> Type @kbd{f}, followed by @kbd{Cross}, and then @key{RET}. |
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679 @end format |
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681 As you enter the reference name, you can use the @key{DEL} (or |
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694 @format |
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697 @end format |
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25839 | 703 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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704 @section Some intermediate Info commands |
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719 @xref{Info Search}, for a full explanation. |
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723 @cindex going back in Info mode |
25839 | 724 If you have been moving around to different nodes and wish to |
725 retrace your steps, the @kbd{l} command (@kbd{l} for @dfn{last}) will | |
726 do that, one node-step at a time. As you move from node to node, Info | |
727 records the nodes where you have been in a special history list. The | |
728 @kbd{l} command revisits nodes in the history list; each successive | |
729 @kbd{l} command moves one step back through the history. | |
730 | |
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731 If you have been following directions, an @kbd{l} command now will get |
25839 | 732 you back to @samp{Help-M}. Another @kbd{l} command would undo the |
733 @kbd{u} and get you back to @samp{Help-FOO}. Another @kbd{l} would undo | |
734 the @kbd{m} and get you back to @samp{Help-M}. | |
735 | |
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739 >> Try typing three @kbd{l}'s, pausing in between to see what each | |
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25839 | 742 @end format |
743 | |
744 Note the difference between @kbd{l} and @kbd{p}: @kbd{l} moves to | |
745 where @emph{you} last were, whereas @kbd{p} always moves to the node | |
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747 @samp{Prev} link leads to @samp{Help-M}). |
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759 @format | |
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760 >> Try doing a @kbd{d}, then do an @kbd{l} to return here (yes, |
25839 | 761 @emph{do} return). |
762 @end format | |
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764 @kindex t @r{(Info mode)} |
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765 @findex Info-top-node |
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766 @cindex go to Top node |
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768 This is useful if you want to browse the manual's main menu, or select |
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777 @format |
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779 @end format | |
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784 @c It is an accident of the menu updating command. | |
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786 @node Expert Info |
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789 This chapter describes various Info commands for experts. (If you |
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792 GNU Info, info-stnd, GNU Info}.) |
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795 Texinfo file. (However, in most cases, writing a Texinfo file is |
44877 | 796 better, since you can use it to make a printed manual or produce other |
797 formats, such as HTML and DocBook, as well as for generating Info | |
798 files.) @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU | |
799 Documentation Format}.) | |
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801 @menu | |
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805 Also tells what nodes look like. | |
806 * Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes. | |
807 * Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes. | |
808 * Tags:: How to make tags tables for Info files. | |
809 * Checking:: Checking an Info File | |
810 * Emacs Info Variables:: Variables modifying the behavior of Emacs Info. | |
811 @end menu | |
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835 To go to a node in another file, you can include the file name in the |
25839 | 836 node name by putting it at the front, in parentheses. Thus, |
837 @kbd{g(dir)Top@key{RET}} would go to the Info Directory node, which is | |
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838 the node @samp{Top} in the Info file @file{dir}. Likewise, |
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839 @kbd{g(emacs)Top@key{RET}} goes to the top node of the Emacs manual. |
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841 The node name @samp{*} specifies the whole file. So you can look at |
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842 all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any |
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843 other file with @kbd{g(@var{filename})@key{RET}}. |
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845 @unnumberedsubsec @kbd{1} -- @kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number |
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847 @kindex 1 @r{through} 9 @r{(Info mode)} |
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848 @findex Info-nth-menu-item |
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849 @cindex select @var{n}'th menu item |
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850 If you begrudge each character of type-in which your system requires, |
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851 you might like to use the commands @kbd{1}, @kbd{2}, @kbd{3}, @kbd{4}, |
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852 @dots{}, @kbd{9}. They are short for the @kbd{m} command together |
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853 with a name of a menu subtopic. @kbd{1} goes through the first item |
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854 in the current node's menu; @kbd{2} goes through the second item, etc. |
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855 In the stand-alone reader, @kbd{0} goes through the last menu item; |
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856 this is so you need not count how many entries are there. In Emacs, |
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857 the digit keys run the command @code{Info-nth-menu-item}. |
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859 If your display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs' |
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860 Info mode to read Info files, the @samp{*} for the fifth menu item |
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861 stands out, either in color or in some other attribute, such as |
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862 underline, and so is the @samp{*} for the ninth item; this makes it |
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863 easy to see at a glance which number to use for an item. |
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865 Some terminals don't support colors or underlining. If you need to |
25839 | 866 actually count items, it is better to use @kbd{m} instead, and specify |
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867 the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly move between menu items. |
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869 @unnumberedsubsec @kbd{e} makes Info document editable |
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871 @kindex e @r{(Info mode)} |
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872 @findex Info-edit |
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873 @cindex edit Info document |
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874 The Info command @kbd{e} changes from Info mode to an ordinary |
25839 | 875 Emacs editing mode, so that you can edit the text of the current node. |
876 Type @kbd{C-c C-c} to switch back to Info. The @kbd{e} command is allowed | |
877 only if the variable @code{Info-enable-edit} is non-@code{nil}. | |
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879 The @kbd{e} command only works in Emacs, where it runs the command |
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880 @code{Info-edit}. The stand-alone Info reader doesn't allow you to |
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881 edit the Info file, so typing @kbd{e} there goes to the end of the |
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882 current node. |
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884 @node Info Search, Add, Advanced, Expert Info |
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885 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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886 @section How to search Info documents for specific subjects |
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888 @cindex searching Info documents |
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889 @cindex Info document as a reference |
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890 The commands which move between and inside nodes allow you to read |
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891 the entire manual or its large portions. But what if you need to find |
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892 some information in the manual as fast as you can, and you don't know |
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893 or don't remember in what node to look for it? This need arises when |
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894 you use a manual as a @dfn{reference}, or when it is impractical to |
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895 read the entire manual before you start using the programs it |
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896 describes. |
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898 Info has powerful searching facilities that let you find things |
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899 quickly. You can search either the manual indices or its text. |
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901 @kindex i @r{(Info mode)} |
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902 @findex Info-index |
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903 Since most subjects related to what the manual describes should be |
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904 indexed, you should try the index search first. The @kbd{i} command |
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905 prompts you for a subject and then looks up that subject in the |
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906 indices. If it finds an index entry with the subject you typed, it |
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907 goes to the node to which that index entry points. You should browse |
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908 through that node to see whether the issue you are looking for is |
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909 described there. If it isn't, type @kbd{,} one or more times to go |
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910 through additional index entries which match your subject. |
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912 The @kbd{i} command finds all index entries which include the string |
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913 you typed @emph{as a substring}. For each match, Info shows in the |
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914 echo area the full index entry it found. Often, the text of the full |
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915 index entry already gives you enough information to decide whether it |
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916 is relevant to what you are looking for, so we recommend that you read |
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917 what Emacs shows in the echo are before looking at the node it |
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918 displays. |
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920 Since @kbd{i} looks for a substring, you can search for subjects even |
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921 if you are not sure how they are spelled in the index. For example, |
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922 suppose you want to find something that is pertinent to commands which |
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923 complete partial input (e.g., when you type @key{TAB}). If you want |
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924 to catch index entries that refer to ``complete'', ``completion'', and |
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925 ``completing'', you could type @kbd{icomplet@key{RET}}. |
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927 Info documents which describe programs should index the commands, |
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928 options, and key sequences that the program provides. If you are |
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929 looking for a description of a command, an option, or a key, just type |
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930 their names when @kbd{i} prompts you for a topic. For example, if you |
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931 want to read the description of what the @kbd{C-f} key does, type |
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932 @kbd{iC-f@key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters |
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933 @samp{C}, @samp{-}, and @samp{f}, not the ``Control-f'' command key |
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934 you type inside Emacs to run the command bound to @kbd{C-f}. |
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936 In Emacs, @kbd{i} runs the command @code{Info-index}. |
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938 @kindex s @r{(Info mode)} |
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939 @findex Info-search |
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940 The @kbd{s} command allows you to search a whole file for a string. |
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941 It switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You |
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942 type @kbd{s} followed by the string to search for, terminated by |
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943 @key{RET}. To search for the same string again, just @kbd{s} followed |
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944 by @key{RET} will do. The file's nodes are scanned in the order |
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945 they are in in the file, which has no necessary relationship to the |
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946 order that they may be in the tree structure of menus and @samp{next} |
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947 pointers. But normally the two orders are not very different. In any |
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948 case, you can always do a @kbd{b} to find out what node you have |
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949 reached, if the header is not visible (this can happen, because @kbd{s} |
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950 puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, not at the beginning |
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25839 | 961 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
962 @section Adding a new node to Info | |
963 | |
964 To add a new topic to the list in the Info directory, you must: | |
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25839 | 966 @enumerate |
967 @item | |
968 Create some nodes, in some file, to document that topic. | |
969 @item | |
970 Put that topic in the menu in the directory. @xref{Menus, Menu}. | |
971 @end enumerate | |
972 | |
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974 Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation Format}); |
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975 this has the advantage that you can also make a printed manual or HTML |
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976 from them. You would use the @samp{@@dircategory} and |
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978 However, if you want to edit an Info file manually and install it |
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979 manually, here is how. |
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25839 | 984 user; this node has one but you cannot see it), and it ends with either |
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1001 The keywords @dfn{Node}, @dfn{Next}, @dfn{Previous}, and @dfn{Up} |
25839 | 1002 may appear in any order, anywhere in the header line, but the |
1003 recommended order is the one in this sentence. Each keyword must be | |
1004 followed by a colon, spaces and tabs, and then the appropriate name. | |
1005 The name may be terminated with a tab, a comma, or a newline. A space | |
1006 does not end it; node names may contain spaces. The case of letters | |
1007 in the names is insignificant. | |
1008 | |
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25839 | 1011 A node name has two forms. A node in the current file is named by |
1012 what appears after the @samp{Node: } in that node's first line. For | |
1013 example, this node's name is @samp{Add}. A node in another file is | |
1014 named by @samp{(@var{filename})@var{node-within-file}}, as in | |
1015 @samp{(info)Add} for this node. If the file name starts with ``./'', | |
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1023 Info documents installed on your site. The @samp{Top} node of a |
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1024 document file listed in the @samp{Directory} should have an @samp{Up: |
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1026 | |
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25839 | 1028 The node name @kbd{*} is special: it refers to the entire file. |
1029 Thus, @kbd{g*} shows you the whole current file. The use of the | |
1030 node @kbd{*} is to make it possible to make old-fashioned, | |
1031 unstructured files into nodes of the tree. | |
1032 | |
1033 The @samp{Node:} name, in which a node states its own name, must not | |
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1039 Note that the nodes in this file have a file name in the header | |
1040 line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments | |
1041 to help identify the node for the user. | |
1042 | |
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1043 @node Menus, Cross-refs, Add, Expert Info |
25839 | 1044 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1045 @section How to Create Menus | |
1046 | |
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1047 Any node in the Info hierarchy may have a @dfn{menu}---a list of subnodes. |
25839 | 1048 The @kbd{m} command searches the current node's menu for the topic which it |
1049 reads from the terminal. | |
1050 | |
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1051 @cindex menu and menu entry format |
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1053 line is a comment. After the starting line, every line that begins | |
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1055 the user must type at the @kbd{m}'s command prompt to select this |
25839 | 1056 topic---comes right after the star and space, and is followed by a |
1057 colon, spaces and tabs, and the name of the node which discusses that | |
1058 topic. The node name, like node names following @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} | |
1059 and @samp{Up}, may be terminated with a tab, comma, or newline; it may also | |
1060 be terminated with a period. | |
1061 | |
1062 If the node name and topic name are the same, then rather than | |
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1063 giving the name twice, the abbreviation @samp{* @var{name}::} may be |
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1064 used (and should be used, whenever possible, as it reduces the visual |
25839 | 1065 clutter in the menu). |
1066 | |
1067 It is considerate to choose the topic names so that they differ | |
1068 from each other very near the beginning---this allows the user to type | |
1069 short abbreviations. In a long menu, it is a good idea to capitalize | |
1070 the beginning of each item name which is the minimum acceptable | |
1071 abbreviation for it (a long menu is more than 5 or so entries). | |
1072 | |
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1073 The nodes listed in a node's menu are called its ``subnodes'', and it |
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1075 the superior. It is often useful to arrange all or most of the subnodes |
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1077 someone who wants to see them all need not keep revisiting the Menu. |
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1079 The Info Directory is simply the menu of the node @samp{(dir)Top}---that | |
1080 is, node @samp{Top} in file @file{.../info/dir}. You can put new entries | |
1081 in that menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is @emph{not} the | |
1082 same as the file directory called @file{info}. It happens that many of | |
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1083 Info's files live in that file directory, but they do not have to; and |
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1084 files in that directory are not automatically listed in the Info |
25839 | 1085 Directory node. |
1086 | |
1087 Also, although the Info node graph is claimed to be a ``hierarchy'', | |
1088 in fact it can be @emph{any} directed graph. Shared structures and | |
1089 pointer cycles are perfectly possible, and can be used if they are | |
1090 appropriate to the meaning to be expressed. There is no need for all | |
1091 the nodes in a file to form a connected structure. In fact, this file | |
1092 has two connected components. You are in one of them, which is under | |
1093 the node @samp{Top}; the other contains the node @samp{Help} which the | |
1094 @kbd{h} command goes to. In fact, since there is no garbage | |
1095 collector, nothing terrible happens if a substructure is not pointed | |
1096 to, but such a substructure is rather useless since nobody can | |
1097 ever find out that it exists. | |
1098 | |
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25839 | 1100 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1101 @section Creating Cross References | |
1102 | |
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25839 | 1104 A cross reference can be placed anywhere in the text, unlike a menu |
1105 item which must go at the front of a line. A cross reference looks | |
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25839 | 1107 It @emph{cannot} be terminated by a @samp{)}, because @samp{)}'s are |
1108 so often part of node names. If you wish to enclose a cross reference | |
1109 in parentheses, terminate it with a period first. Here are two | |
1110 examples of cross references pointers: | |
1111 | |
1112 @example | |
1113 *Note details: commands. (See *note 3: Full Proof.) | |
1114 @end example | |
1115 | |
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1151 This is the end of the basic course on using Info. You have learned |
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1153 references. This makes you ready for reading manuals top to bottom, |
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25839 | 1175 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
1176 @section Tags Tables for Info Files | |
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25839 | 1179 You can speed up the access to nodes of a large Info file by giving |
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1186 @kbd{M-x Info-tagify}. Then you must use @kbd{C-x C-s} to save the | |
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1200 An Info file tags table appears at the end of the file and looks like | |
1201 this: | |
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1206 File: info, Node: Cross-refs^?21419 | |
1207 File: info, Node: Tags^?22145 | |
1208 ^_ | |
1209 End Tag Table | |
1210 @end example | |
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1219 @node Checking, Emacs Info Variables, Tags, Expert Info |
25839 | 1220 @section Checking an Info File |
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1232 usually few. |
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1243 in your @file{~/.emacs} init file. @xref{Examining, Examining and Setting | |
1244 Variables, Examining and Setting Variables, emacs, The GNU Emacs | |
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25839 | 1250 @item Info-directory-list |
1251 The list of directories to search for Info files. Each element is a | |
29307 | 1252 string (directory name) or @code{nil} (try default directory). If not |
1253 initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to | |
1254 initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no | |
1255 @env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment. | |
1256 | |
42914 | 1257 If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs |
1258 info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH} | |
1259 environment variable, since that applies to both programs. | |
1260 | |
29307 | 1261 @item Info-additional-directory-list |
1262 A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files. | |
1263 These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file. | |
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1293 associated with nodes. The Lisp code is executed when the node is |
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1303 Set to @code{nil}, disables the @samp{e} (@code{Info-edit}) command. A |
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1309 @chapter Creating an Info File from a Texinfo File |
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1315 @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU |
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1316 Documentation Format}, to learn how to write a Texinfo file. |
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1319 Format}, to learn how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file. |
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1322 Documentation Format}, to learn how to install an Info file after you |
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1328 This is an alphabetical listing of all the commands, variables, and |
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1329 topics discussed in this document. |
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1333 @bye |