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1 -*- Text -*-
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3 This is the file .../info/dir, which contains the topmost node of the Info
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4 hierarchy. The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at that node,
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5 which is (dir)Top.
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7 Rather than adding new nodes to this directory (and this file) it is a better
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8 idea to put them in a site-local directory, and then configure info to search
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9 in that directory as well. That way, you won't have to re-edit this file when
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10 a new release of the editor comes out.
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12 For example, you could add this code to .../lisp/site-start.el, which is
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13 loaded before ~/.emacs each time the editor starts up:
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15 ;; find local info nodes
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16 (setq Info-directory-list
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17 (append Info-directory-list '("/private/info/")))
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19 Then, when you enter info, a dir file like this one will be automatically
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20 created and saved (provided you have write access to the directory). The
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21 contents of that file "/private/info/dir" will be appended to the contents of
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22 this file.
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24 
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25 File: dir Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree
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27 This is Info, the online documentation browsing system.
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28 This page (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics.
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29
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30 button1 or button2 on a highlighted word follows that cross-reference.
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31 button3 anywhere brings up a menu of commands.
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32 ? lists additional keyboard commands.
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33 h invokes the Info tutorial.
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34
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35 * Menu:
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37 XEmacs 21.2
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38 ===========
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39 * Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
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40 * XEmacs:: The extensible user-friendly self-documenting text editor.
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41 This manual is for XEmacs 21.2
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42 * Lispref:: XEmacs Lisp technical reference.
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43 This manual is for XEmacs 21.2.
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44 * New-Users-Guide:: XEmacs New User's Guide for XEmacs 21.2.
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45 * XEmacs-FAQ:: XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions for 21.2.
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46 * Internals:: Guide to the internals of XEmacs.
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47 * Emodules:: XEmacs dynamic loadable module support.
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50 Local Packages:
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51
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52 * CL:: A Common Lisp compatibility package for Emacs-Lisp.
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53 * Custom:: Customization Library for Emacs
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54 * External-Widget:: Use XEmacs as a text widget inside of another program.
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55 * Standards: (standards). GNU coding standards.
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56 * Term:: A mode to control inferior processes (a comint replacement)
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57 * Termcap:: The termcap library, which enables application programs
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58 to handle all types of character-display terminals.
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59 * Texinfo: (texinfo). The GNU documentation format.
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60 * Widget:: An Emacs Lisp widget library
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