Mercurial > emacs
changeset 54057:c92801a25b2f
(Help-Int): mention the new line number feature.
| author | Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 18 Feb 2004 01:52:26 +0000 |
| parents | ef73d23d7cb5 |
| children | 4a5aa6868a14 |
| files | man/info.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/info.texi Tue Feb 17 23:47:32 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/info.texi Wed Feb 18 01:52:26 2004 +0000 @@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ @syncodeindex vr cp @syncodeindex ky cp @comment %**end of header -@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.36 2003/09/21 20:13:23 karl Exp $ @copying This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU documentation system. -Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 +Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation @@ -829,12 +828,16 @@ The introductory course is almost over; please continue a little longer to learn some intermediate-level commands. - Most Info files have an index, which is actually a large node that -contains nothing but a menu. The menu has one menu item for each -topic listed in the index. You can find the index node from the main -menu of the file, with the @kbd{m} command; then you can use the -@kbd{m} command again in the index node to go to the node that -describes the topic. + Most Info files have an index, which is actually a large node +containing little but a menu. The menu has one menu item for each +topic listed in the index. (As a special feature, menus for indices +may also include the line number within the node of the index entry. +This allows Info readers to go to the exact line of an entry, not just +the start of the containing node.) + + You can get to the index from the main menu of the file with the +@kbd{m} command; then you can use the @kbd{m} command again in the +index node to go to the node that describes the topic you want. There is also a short-cut Info command, @kbd{i}, which does all of that for you. It searches the index for a given topic (a string) and @@ -1046,7 +1049,7 @@ looking for a description of a command, an option, or a key, just type their names when @kbd{i} prompts you for a topic. For example, if you want to read the description of what the @kbd{C-f} key does, type -@kbd{iC-f@key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters +@kbd{i C - f @key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters @samp{C}, @samp{-}, and @samp{f}, not the ``Control-f'' command key you type inside Emacs to run the command bound to @kbd{C-f}.