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author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
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date | Tue, 08 Jul 2003 03:28:42 +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 1.29 2003/07/04 21:07:23 teirllm Exp $ | 9 @comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.30 2003/07/08 01:21:43 teirllm Exp $ |
10 | 10 |
11 @copying | 11 @copying |
12 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU | 12 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU |
13 documentation system. | 13 documentation system. |
14 | 14 |
433 output, it gets saved to file just like any other text, and so on. | 433 output, it gets saved to file just like any other text, and so on. |
434 Thus it is useful to know it is there. | 434 Thus it is useful to know it is there. |
435 | 435 |
436 @findex visible-mode | 436 @findex visible-mode |
437 You can make invisible text visible by using the command @kbd{M-x | 437 You can make invisible text visible by using the command @kbd{M-x |
438 visible-mode}. @code{visible-mode} is a minor mode, so using it a | 438 visible-mode}. @dfn{Visible mode} is a minor mode, so using the |
439 second time will make the text invisible again. Use this command and | 439 command a second time will make the text invisible again. Watch the |
440 watch its effect on the ``menu'' below and the top line of this node. | 440 effects of the command on the ``menu'' below and the top line of this |
441 node. | |
441 | 442 |
442 If you prefer to @emph{always} see the invisible text, you can set | 443 If you prefer to @emph{always} see the invisible text, you can set |
443 @code{Info-hide-note-references} to @code{nil}. Enabling | 444 @code{Info-hide-note-references} to @code{nil}. Enabling Visible mode |
444 @code{visible-mode} permanently is not a real alternative, because | 445 permanently is not a real alternative, because Emacs Info also uses |
445 Emacs Info also uses (although less extensively) another text property | 446 (although less extensively) another text property that can change the |
446 that can change the text being displayed, the @samp{display} property. | 447 text being displayed, the @samp{display} property. Only the |
447 Only the invisibility property is affected by @code{visible-mode}. | 448 invisibility property is affected by Visible mode. When, in this |
448 When, in this tutorial, we refer to the @samp{Emacs} behavior, we mean | 449 tutorial, we refer to the @samp{Emacs} behavior, we mean the |
449 the @emph{default} Emacs behavior. | 450 @emph{default} Emacs behavior. |
450 | 451 |
451 Now type @kbd{]}, to learn about the @kbd{]} and @kbd{[} commands. | 452 Now type @kbd{]}, to learn about the @kbd{]} and @kbd{[} commands. |
452 | 453 |
453 @menu | 454 @menu |
454 * ]: Help-]. Node telling about ]. | 455 * ]: Help-]. Node telling about ]. |
524 Information. [[ But this line is not a real menu item, simply because | 525 Information. [[ But this line is not a real menu item, simply because |
525 there is no line above it which starts with @w{@samp{* Menu:}}. Also, | 526 there is no line above it which starts with @w{@samp{* Menu:}}. Also, |
526 in a real menu item, the @samp{*} would appear at the very start of | 527 in a real menu item, the @samp{*} would appear at the very start of |
527 the line. This is why the ``normally hidden'' text in Emacs, namely | 528 the line. This is why the ``normally hidden'' text in Emacs, namely |
528 @samp{: Node about FOO.}, is actually visible in this example, even | 529 @samp{: Node about FOO.}, is actually visible in this example, even |
529 when @code{visible-mode} is off.]] | 530 when Visible mode is off.]] |
530 | 531 |
531 When you use a menu to go to another node (in a way that will be | 532 When you use a menu to go to another node (in a way that will be |
532 described soon), what you specify is the subtopic name, the first | 533 described soon), what you specify is the subtopic name, the first |
533 thing in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts | 534 thing in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts |
534 the node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there | 535 the node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there |
617 * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun. | 618 * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun. |
618 * Bar: Help-FOO. We have made two ways to get to the same place. | 619 * Bar: Help-FOO. We have made two ways to get to the same place. |
619 * Help-FOO:: And yet another! | 620 * Help-FOO:: And yet another! |
620 @end menu | 621 @end menu |
621 | 622 |
622 (Turn @code{visible-mode} on if you are using Emacs.) | 623 (Turn Visible mode on if you are using Emacs.) |
623 | 624 |
624 @format | 625 @format |
625 >> Now type just an @kbd{m} and see what happens: | 626 >> Now type just an @kbd{m} and see what happens: |
626 @end format | 627 @end format |
627 | 628 |