# HG changeset patch # User Karl Berry # Date 1150750409 0 # Node ID 926119f309e8e7c81a4fabc042c66c6edbcc3a74 # Parent 344bd72b15451b0fd70545d40d48831aa33ce59b mention C-q diff -r 344bd72b1545 -r 926119f309e8 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Mon Jun 19 06:55:37 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Mon Jun 19 20:53:29 2006 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-06-19 Karl Berry + + * info.texi (Advanced): mention C-q, especially with ?. + 2006-06-19 Carsten Dominik * org.texi (Publishing links): Document the `:link-validation-function' diff -r 344bd72b1545 -r 926119f309e8 man/info.texi --- a/man/info.texi Mon Jun 19 06:55:37 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/info.texi Mon Jun 19 20:53:29 2006 +0000 @@ -918,6 +918,15 @@ specific to it, which are documented in several chapters of @ref{Top,, GNU Info, info-stnd, GNU Info}.) +@kindex C-q @r{(Info mode)} + One advanced command useful with most of the others described here +is @kbd{C-q}, which ``quotes'' the next character so that it is +entered literally (@pxref{Inserting Text,,,emacs,The GNU Emacs +Manual}). For example, pressing @kbd{?} ordinarily brings up a list +of completion possibilities. If you want to (for example) search for +an actual @samp{?} character, the simplest way is to insert it using +@kbd{C-q ?}. This works the same in Emacs and stand-alone Info. + @menu * Search Text:: How to search Info documents. * Search Index:: How to search the indices for specific subjects.