-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
This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
documentation system.
- Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
To learn how to use Info, type the command `h'. It brings you to a
programmed instruction sequence.
- To learn advanced Info commands, type `n' twice. This brings you to
-`Info for Experts', skipping over the `Getting Started' chapter.
-
* Menu:
* Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader.
* Advanced Info:: Advanced commands within Info.
-* Create an Info File:: How to make your own Info file.
-* The Standalone Info Program: (info-stnd.info).
+* Creating an Info File:: How to make your own Info file.
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File: info.info, Node: Getting Started, Next: Advanced Info, Prev: Top, Up: Top
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
not need to type the argument: you just type a Return, and it stands for
the subtopic of the line you are on.
- Here is a menu to give you a chance to practice.
-
- * Menu: The menu starts here.
+ Here is a menu to give you a chance to practice. This menu gives you
+three ways of going to one place, Help-FOO:
- This menu gives you three ways of going to one place, Help-FOO.
+* Menu:
- * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun.
+* Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun.
* Bar: Help-FOO. Strange! two ways to get to the same place.
* Help-FOO:: And yet another!
->> Now type just an `m' and see what happens:
+
+ >> Now type just an `m' and see what happens:
Now you are "inside" an `m' command. Commands cannot be used now;
the next thing you will type must be the name of a subtopic.
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.
available.
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-File: info.info, Node: Advanced Info, Next: Create an Info File, Prev: Getting Started, Up: Top
+File: info.info, Node: Advanced Info, Next: Creating an Info File, Prev: Getting Started, Up: Top
Info for Experts
****************
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.)
the first item in the current node's menu; `2' goes through the second
item, etc.
- If you display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs' Info
-mode to read Info files, the `*' for the fifth menu item is underlines,
-and so is the `*' for the ninth item; these underlines make it easy to
-see at a glance which number to use for an item.
+ If your display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs'
+Info mode to read Info files, the `*' for the fifth menu item is
+underlined, and so is the `*' for the ninth item; these underlines make
+it easy to see at a glance which number to use for an item.
On ordinary terminals, you won't have underlining. If you need to
actually count items, it is better to use `m' instead, and specify the
2. Put that topic in the menu in the directory. *Note Menu: Menus.
- Usually, the way to create the nodes is with Texinfo *note Overview
+ Usually, the way to create the nodes is with Texinfo (*note Overview
of Texinfo: (texinfo)Top.); this has the advantage that you can also
make a printed manual from them. However, if you want to edit an Info
file, here is how.
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>
of the tree.
The `Node:' name, in which a node states its own name, must not
-contain a filename, since Info when searching for a node does not
-expect one to be there. The `Next', `Previous' and `Up' names may
-contain them. In this node, since the `Up' node is in the same file,
-it was not necessary to use one.
+contain a filename, since Info when searching for a node does not expect
+one to be there. The `Next', `Previous' and `Up' names may contain
+them. In this node, since the `Up' node is in the same file, it was
+not necessary to use one.
Note that the nodes in this file have a file name in the header
line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments
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:
when the function `Info-directory' is called.
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-File: info.info, Node: Create an Info File, Prev: Advanced Info, Up: Top
-
-Creating an Info File from a Makeinfo file
-******************************************
+File: info.info, Node: Creating an Info File, Prev: Advanced Info, Up: Top
- `makeinfo' is a utility that converts a Texinfo file into an Info
-file; `texinfo-format-region' and `texinfo-format-buffer' are GNU Emacs
-functions that do the same.
-
- *Note Creating an Info File: (texinfo)Create an Info File, to learn
-how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file.
+Creating an Info File
+*********************
*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 Installing an Info File: (texinfo)Installing an Info File, to
+learn how to install an Info file after you have created one.
+
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