Mercurial > emacs
changeset 54416:1801d78c3f81
(Advanced): Replace @unnumberedsubsec by @subheading (as suggested by
Karl Berry). Update information about colored stars in menus. Add
new subheading describing M-n.
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:48:20 +0000 |
| parents | 504aef04e493 |
| children | ae0720c5c65c |
| files | man/info.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/info.texi Thu Mar 18 02:48:06 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/info.texi Thu Mar 18 02:48:20 2004 +0000 @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ Here are some more Info commands that make it easier to move around. -@unnumberedsubsec @kbd{g} goes to a node by name +@subheading @kbd{g} goes to a node by name @kindex g @r{(Info mode)} @findex Info-goto-node @@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any other file with @kbd{g(@var{filename})@key{RET}}. -@unnumberedsubsec @kbd{1} -- @kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number +@subheading @kbd{1} -- @kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number @kindex 1 @r{through} 9 @r{(Info mode)} @findex Info-nth-menu-item @@ -979,17 +979,18 @@ this is so you need not count how many entries are there. In Emacs, the digit keys run the command @code{Info-nth-menu-item}. - If your display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs' -Info mode to read Info files, the @samp{*} for the fifth menu item -stands out, either in color or in some other attribute, such as -underline, and so is the @samp{*} for the ninth item; this makes it -easy to see at a glance which number to use for an item. + If your display supports multiple fonts, colors or underlining, and +you are using Emacs' Info mode to read Info files, the third, sixth +and ninth menu items have a @samp{*} that stands out, either in color +or in some other attribute, such as underline; this makes it easy to +see at a glance which number to use for an item. - Some terminals don't support colors or underlining. If you need to -actually count items, it is better to use @kbd{m} instead, and specify -the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly move between menu items. + Some terminals don't support either multiple fonts, colors or +underlining. If you need to actually count items, it is better to use +@kbd{m} instead, and specify the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly +move between menu items. -@unnumberedsubsec @kbd{e} makes Info document editable +@subheading @kbd{e} makes Info document editable @kindex e @r{(Info mode)} @findex Info-edit @@ -1004,6 +1005,23 @@ edit the Info file, so typing @kbd{e} there goes to the end of the current node. +@subheading @kbd{M-n} creates a new independent Info buffer in Emacs + +@kindex M-n @r{(Info mode)} +@findex clone-buffer +@cindex multiple Info buffers + If you are reading Info in Emacs, you can select a new independent +Info buffer in another window by typing @kbd{M-n}. The new buffer +starts out as an exact copy of the old one, but you will be able to +move independently between nodes in the two buffers. (In Info mode, +@kbd{M-n} runs the Emacs command @code{clone-buffer}.) + + In Emacs Info, you can also produce new Info buffers by giving a +numeric prefix argument to the @kbd{m} and @kbd{g} commands. @kbd{C-u +m} and @kbd{C-u g} go to a new node in exactly the same way that +@kbd{m} and @kbd{g} do, but they do so in a new Info buffer which they +select in another window. + @node Info Search, Add, Advanced, Expert Info @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section How to search Info documents for specific subjects