-This is Info file ../info/info.info, produced by Makeinfo version 1.68
-from the input file info.texi.
+This is ../info/info.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.0 from
+info.texi.
INFO-DIR-SECTION Texinfo documentation system
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
you to the `Previous' node. When you get there, you can do an `n'
again to return here.
- This all probably seems insultingly simple so far, but *do not* be
+ This all probably seems insultingly simple so far, but _do not_ be
led into skimming. Things will get more complicated soon. Also, do
not try a new command until you are told it is time to. Otherwise, you
may make Info skip past an important warning that was coming up.
When you type the space, the two lines that were at the bottom of
the screen appear at the top, followed by more lines. Delete takes the
-two lines from the top and moves them to the bottom, *usually*, but if
+two lines from the top and moves them to the bottom, _usually_, but if
there are not a full screen's worth of lines above them they may not
make it all the way to the bottom.
by looking at it, then the node does not have a menu and the `m'
command is not available.
- The command to go to one of the subnodes is `m'--but *do not do it
-yet!* Before you use `m', you must understand the difference between
+ The command to go to one of the subnodes is `m'--but _do not do it
+yet!_ Before you use `m', you must understand the difference between
commands and arguments. So far, you have learned several commands that
do not need arguments. When you type one, Info processes it and is
instantly ready for another command. The `m' command is different: it
other hand, is usually used to "stay on the same level but go backwards"
You can go back to the node `Help-M' by typing the command `u' for
-"Up". That puts you at the *front* of the node--to get back to where
+"Up". That puts you at the _front_ of the node--to get back to where
you were reading you have to type some <SPC>s.
>> Now type `u' to move back up to `Help-M'.
Then follow directions again and you will end up back here.
- Note the difference between `l' and `p': `l' moves to where *you*
+ Note the difference between `l' and `p': `l' moves to where _you_
last were, whereas `p' always moves to the node which the header says
is the `Previous' node (from this node, to `Help-M').
which leads (directly, or indirectly through other menus), to all the
nodes that exist.
- >> Try doing a `d', then do an `l' to return here (yes, *do*
+ >> Try doing a `d', then do an `l' to return here (yes, _do_
return).
Sometimes, in Info documentation, you will see a cross reference.
This chapter describes various advanced Info commands, and how to
write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo file. (However, in most
-cases, writing a Texinfo file is better, since you can use it *both* to
+cases, writing a Texinfo file is better, since you can use it _both_ to
generate an Info file and to make a printed manual. *Note Overview of
Texinfo: (texinfo)Top.)
this node has one but you cannot see it), and it ends with either a
<^_>, a <^L>, or the end of file. Note: If you put in a <^L> to end a
new node, be sure that there is a <^_> after it to start the next one,
-since <^L> cannot *start* a node. Also, a nicer way to make a node
-boundary be a page boundary as well is to put a <^L> *right after* the
+since <^L> cannot _start_ a node. Also, a nicer way to make a node
+boundary be a page boundary as well is to put a <^L> _right after_ the
<^_>.
The <^_> starting a node must be followed by a newline or a <^L>
The Info Directory is simply the menu of the node `(dir)Top'--that
is, node `Top' in file `.../info/dir'. You can put new entries in that
-menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is *not* the same as
+menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is _not_ the same as
the file directory called `info'. It happens that many of Info's files
live on that file directory, but they do not have to; and files on that
directory are not automatically listed in the Info Directory node.
Also, although the Info node graph is claimed to be a "hierarchy",
-in fact it can be *any* directed graph. Shared structures and pointer
+in fact it can be _any_ directed graph. Shared structures and pointer
cycles are perfectly possible, and can be used if they are appropriate
to the meaning to be expressed. There is no need for all the nodes in
a file to form a connected structure. In fact, this file has two
A cross reference can be placed anywhere in the text, unlike a menu
item which must go at the front of a line. A cross reference looks
like a menu item except that it has `*note' instead of `*'. It
-*cannot* be terminated by a `)', because `)''s are so often part of
+_cannot_ be terminated by a `)', because `)''s are so often part of
node names. If you wish to enclose a cross reference in parentheses,
terminate it with a period first. Here are two examples of cross
references pointers:
Emacs Info-mode Variables
=========================
- The following variables may modify the behaviour of Info-mode in
+ The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in
Emacs; you may wish to set one or several of these variables
interactively, or in your `~/.emacs' init file. *Note Examining and
Setting Variables: (xemacs)Examining.
*Note Overview of Texinfo: (texinfo)Top, to learn how to write a
Texinfo file.
- *Note Creating an Info File: (texinfo)Creating an Info File, to
-learn how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file.
+ *Note Creating an Info File: (texinfo)Create an Info File, to learn
+how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file.
- *Note Installing an Info File: (texinfo)Installing an Info File, to
+ *Note Installing an Info File: (texinfo)Install an Info File, to
learn how to install an Info file after you have created one.
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