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(Top): Clarify what is ``documentation''. Some bozo on comp.emacs said that this can be confused for ``documents'', meaning files the user edits using Emacs... (Help-^L): Fix a typo.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:26:30 +0000
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4 @settitle Info 4 @settitle Info
5 @syncodeindex fn cp 5 @syncodeindex fn cp
6 @syncodeindex vr cp 6 @syncodeindex vr cp
7 @syncodeindex ky cp 7 @syncodeindex ky cp
8 @comment %**end of header 8 @comment %**end of header
9 @comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.15 2001/09/19 20:08:17 rms Exp $ 9 @comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.16 2001/09/19 20:21:02 rms Exp $
10 10
11 @dircategory Texinfo documentation system 11 @dircategory Texinfo documentation system
12 @direntry 12 @direntry
13 * Info: (info). Documentation browsing system. 13 * Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
14 @end direntry 14 @end direntry
73 73
74 @ifnottex 74 @ifnottex
75 @node Top 75 @node Top
76 @top Info: An Introduction 76 @top Info: An Introduction
77 77
78 Info is a program for reading documentation, which you are using now. 78 Info is a program, which you are using now, for reading documentation of
79 computer programs. The GNU Project distributes most of its on-line
80 manuals in the Info format, so you need a program called @dfn{Info
81 reader} to read the manuals. One of such programs you are using now.
79 82
80 @ifinfo 83 @ifinfo
81 If you are new to Info and want to learn how to use it, type the 84 If you are new to Info and want to learn how to use it, type the
82 command @kbd{h} now. It brings you to a programmed instruction 85 command @kbd{h} now. It brings you to a programmed instruction
83 sequence. 86 sequence.
393 396
394 @format 397 @format
395 >> Try that now. (We have put in enough verbiage to push this past 398 >> Try that now. (We have put in enough verbiage to push this past
396 the first screenful, but screens are so big nowadays that perhaps it 399 the first screenful, but screens are so big nowadays that perhaps it
397 isn't enough. You may need to shrink your Emacs or Info window.) 400 isn't enough. You may need to shrink your Emacs or Info window.)
398 Then come back, with @key{SCS}s. 401 Then come back, with @key{SPS}s.
399 @end format 402 @end format
400 403
401 If your screen is very tall, all of this node might fit at once. 404 If your screen is very tall, all of this node might fit at once.
402 In that case, @kbd{b} won't do anything. Sorry; what can we do? 405 In that case, @kbd{b} won't do anything. Sorry; what can we do?
403 406