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author	Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
date	Mon, 02 May 2011 10:35:36 +0100
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	4 @settitle Info
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	6 @comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.9 2001/04/13 09:11:28 michaels Exp $
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	8 @dircategory Texinfo documentation system
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	10 * Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	13 @ifinfo
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	14 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	15 documentation system.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	17 Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	19 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	20 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	24 Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	26 notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	31 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	32 resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	35 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	38 by the Free Software Foundation.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	39 @end ifinfo
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	41 @titlepage
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	42 @title Info
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	43 @subtitle The online, menu-driven GNU documentation system
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	44 @author Brian Fox
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	45 @page
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	47 Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	50 Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	51 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 @*
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	52 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	54 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	55 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	56 are preserved on all copies.
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	58 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	59 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	60 resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	63 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	64 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	67 @end titlepage
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	69 @node Top
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	70 @top Info: An Introduction
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	72 Info is a program for reading documentation, which you might be using
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	75 To learn how to use Info, type the command @kbd{h} while using the Info
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	78 @menu
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	79 * Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader.
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	80 * Advanced Info:: Advanced commands within Info.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	81 * Creating an Info File:: How to make your own Info file.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	82 @end menu
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	84 @node Getting Started, Advanced Info, Top, Top
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	85 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	86 @chapter Getting Started
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	88 This first part of the Info manual describes how to get around inside
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	95 This manual is primarily designed for use on a computer, so that you can
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	101
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	102 There are two ways of looking at the online version of this manual:
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	104 @enumerate
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	105 @item
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	106 Type @code{info} at your shell's command line. This approach uses a
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	107 small stand-alone program designed just to read Info files.
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	109 @item
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	110 Type @code{emacs} at the command line; then type @kbd{C-h i} (Control
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	115 In either case, then type @kbd{mInfo} (just the letters), followed by
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	116 @key{RET}---the ``Return'' or ``Enter'' key. At this point, you should
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	117 be ready to follow the instructions in this manual as you read them on
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	118 the screen.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	119 @c FIXME! (pesch@cygnus.com, 14 dec 1992)
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	120 @c Is it worth worrying about what-if the beginner goes to somebody
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	125 @menu
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	126 * Help-Small-Screen:: Starting Info on a Small Screen
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	131 * Help-Adv:: Some advanced Info commands
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	133 @end menu
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	137 @section Starting Info on a Small Screen
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	140 (In Info, you only see this section if your terminal has a small
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	141 number of lines; most readers pass by it without seeing it.)
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	144 Since your terminal has an unusually small number of lines on its
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	156 see what they do. At the end are instructions of what you should do
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	157 next.
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	200 If you have managed to get here, go back to the beginning with
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	205 @end ifinfo
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	206
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	207 @node Help, Help-P, Help-Small-Screen, Getting Started
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	208 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	209 @section How to use Info
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	210
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	211 You are talking to the program Info, for reading documentation.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	212
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	213 Right now you are looking at one @dfn{Node} of Information.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	214 A node contains text describing a specific topic at a specific
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	215 level of detail. This node's topic is ``how to use Info''.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	217 The top line of a node is its @dfn{header}. This node's header (look at
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	219 @file{info}. It says that the @samp{Next} node after this one is the node
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	220 called @samp{Help-P}. An advanced Info command lets you go to any node
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428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	225
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	226 Now it is time to move on to the @samp{Next} node, named @samp{Help-P}.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	228 >> Type @samp{n} to move there. Type just one character;
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	229 do not type the quotes and do not type a @key{RET} afterward.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	230
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	231 @samp{>>} in the margin means it is really time to try a command.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	232
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	233 @node Help-P, Help-^L, Help, Getting Started
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	234 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	235 @section Returning to the Previous node
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	236
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	237 This node is called @samp{Help-P}. The @samp{Previous} node, as you see,
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	238 is @samp{Help}, which is the one you just came from using the @kbd{n}
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	239 command. Another @kbd{n} command now would take you to the next
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	240 node, @samp{Help-^L}.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	242 >> But do not do that yet. First, try the @kbd{p} command, which takes
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	246 This all probably seems insultingly simple so far, but @emph{do not} be
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	251 >> Now do an @kbd{n} to get to the node @samp{Help-^L} and learn more.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	253 @node Help-^L, Help-M, Help-P, Getting Started
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	254 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	255 @section The Space, Delete, B and ^L commands.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	257 This node's header tells you that you are now at node @samp{Help-^L}, and
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3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	261 This is a big node and it does not all fit on your display screen.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	262 You can tell that there is more that is not visible because you
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	263 can see the string @samp{--Top-----} rather than @samp{--All----} near
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	266 The Space, Delete and @kbd{B} commands exist to allow you to ``move
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	268 Space moves forward, to show what was below the bottom of the screen.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	272 >> Now try typing a Space (afterward, type a Delete to return here).
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	274 When you type the space, the two lines that were at the bottom of
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	276 the two lines from the top and moves them to the bottom,
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	277 @emph{usually}, but if there are not a full screen's worth of lines
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	280 If you type Space when there is no more to see, it rings the
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	284 If your screen is ever garbaged, you can tell Info to print it out
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	285 again by typing @kbd{C-l} (@kbd{Control-L}, that is---hold down ``Control'' and
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	288 >> Type @kbd{C-l} now.
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5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	290 To move back to the beginning of the node you are on, you can type
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	291 a lot of Deletes. You can also type simply @kbd{b} for beginning.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	292 >> Try that now. (We have put in enough verbiage to push this past
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	294 isn't enough. You may need to shrink your Emacs or Info window.)
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	295 Then come back, with Spaces.
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	296
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	297 If your screen is very tall, all of this node might fit at once.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	298 In that case, "b" won't do anything. Sorry; what can we do?
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	299
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	300 You have just learned a considerable number of commands. If you
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	301 want to use one but have trouble remembering which, you should type
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	302 a @key{?} which prints out a brief list of commands. When you are
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	303 finished looking at the list, make it go away by pressing @key{SPC}
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	304 repeatedly.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	305
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	306 >> Type a @key{?} now. Press @key{SPC} to see consecutive screenfuls of
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	307 >> the list until finished.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	308
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	309 From now on, you will encounter large nodes without warning, and
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	310 will be expected to know how to use Space and Delete to move
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	311 around in them without being told. Since not all terminals have
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	312 the same size screen, it would be impossible to warn you anyway.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	313
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	314 >> Now type @kbd{n} to see the description of the @kbd{m} command.
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	315
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	316 @node Help-M, Help-Adv, Help-^L, Getting Started
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	317 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	318 @section Menus
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	319
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	320 Menus and the @kbd{m} command
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	321
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	322 With only the @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} commands for moving between nodes, nodes
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	323 are restricted to a linear sequence. Menus allow a branching
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	324 structure. A menu is a list of other nodes you can move to. It is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	325 actually just part of the text of the node formatted specially so that
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	326 Info can interpret it. The beginning of a menu is always identified
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	327 by a line which starts with @samp{* Menu:}. A node contains a menu if and
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	328 only if it has a line in it which starts that way. The only menu you
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	329 can use at any moment is the one in the node you are in. To use a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	330 menu in any other node, you must move to that node first.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	331
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	332 After the start of the menu, each line that starts with a @samp{*}
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	333 identifies one subtopic. The line usually contains a brief name
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	334 for the subtopic (followed by a @samp{:}), the name of the node that talks
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	335 about that subtopic, and optionally some further description of the
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	336 subtopic. Lines in the menu that do not start with a @samp{*} have no
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	337 special meaning---they are only for the human reader's benefit and do
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	338 not define additional subtopics. Here is an example:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	339
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	340 @example
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	341 * Foo: FOO's Node This tells about FOO
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	342 @end example
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	343
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	344 The subtopic name is Foo, and the node describing it is @samp{FOO's Node}.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	345 The rest of the line is just for the reader's Information.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	346 [[ But this line is not a real menu item, simply because there is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	347 no line above it which starts with @samp{* Menu:}.]]
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	348
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	349 When you use a menu to go to another node (in a way that will be
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	350 described soon), what you specify is the subtopic name, the first
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	351 thing in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	352 the node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	353 is both a subtopic name and a node name is that the node name must be
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	354 meaningful to the computer and may therefore have to be ugly looking.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	355 The subtopic name can be chosen just to be convenient for the user to
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	356 specify. Often the node name is convenient for the user to specify
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	357 and so both it and the subtopic name are the same. There is an
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	358 abbreviation for this:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	359
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	360 @example
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	361 * Foo:: This tells about FOO
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	362 @end example
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	363
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	364 @noindent
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	365 This means that the subtopic name and node name are the same; they are
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	366 both @samp{Foo}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	367
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	368 >> Now use Spaces to find the menu in this node, then come back to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	369 the front with a @kbd{b} and some Spaces. As you see, a menu is
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	370 actually visible in its node. If you cannot find a menu in a node
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	371 by looking at it, then the node does not have a menu and the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	372 @kbd{m} command is not available.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	373
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	374 The command to go to one of the subnodes is @kbd{m}---but @emph{do
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	375 not do it yet!} Before you use @kbd{m}, you must understand the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	376 difference between commands and arguments. So far, you have learned
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	377 several commands that do not need arguments. When you type one, Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	378 processes it and is instantly ready for another command. The @kbd{m}
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	379 command is different: it is incomplete without the @dfn{name of the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	380 subtopic}. Once you have typed @kbd{m}, Info tries to read the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	381 subtopic name.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	382
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	383 Now look for the line containing many dashes near the bottom of the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	384 screen. There is one more line beneath that one, but usually it is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	385 blank. If it is empty, Info is ready for a command, such as @kbd{n}
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	386 or @kbd{b} or Space or @kbd{m}. If that line contains text ending
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	387 in a colon, it means Info is trying to read the @dfn{argument} to a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	388 command. At such times, commands do not work, because Info tries to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	389 use them as the argument. You must either type the argument and
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	390 finish the command you started, or type @kbd{Control-g} to cancel the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	391 command. When you have done one of those things, the line becomes
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	392 blank again.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	393
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	394 The command to go to a subnode via a menu is @kbd{m}. After you type
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	395 the @kbd{m}, the line at the bottom of the screen says @samp{Menu item: }.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	396 You must then type the name of the subtopic you want, and end it with
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	397 a @key{RET}.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	398
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	399 You can abbreviate the subtopic name. If the abbreviation is not
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	400 unique, the first matching subtopic is chosen. Some menus put
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	401 the shortest possible abbreviation for each subtopic name in capital
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	402 letters, so you can see how much you need to type. It does not
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	403 matter whether you use upper case or lower case when you type the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	404 subtopic. You should not put any spaces at the end, or inside of the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	405 item name, except for one space where a space appears in the item in
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	406 the menu.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	407
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	408 You can also use the @dfn{completion} feature to help enter the subtopic
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	409 name. If you type the Tab key after entering part of a name, it will
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	410 magically fill in more of the name---as much as follows uniquely from
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	411 what you have entered.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	412
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	413 If you move the cursor to one of the menu subtopic lines, then you do
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	414 not need to type the argument: you just type a Return, and it stands for
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	415 the subtopic of the line you are on.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	416
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	417 Here is a menu to give you a chance to practice. This menu gives you
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	418 three ways of going to one place, Help-FOO:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	419
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	420 @menu
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	421 * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun.
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	422 * Bar: Help-FOO. Strange! two ways to get to the same place.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	423 * Help-FOO:: And yet another!
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	424 @end menu
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	425
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	426 >> Now type just an @kbd{m} and see what happens:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	427
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	428 Now you are ``inside'' an @kbd{m} command. Commands cannot be used
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	429 now; the next thing you will type must be the name of a subtopic.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	430
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	431 You can change your mind about doing the @kbd{m} by typing Control-g.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	432
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	433 >> Try that now; notice the bottom line clear.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	434
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	435 >> Then type another @kbd{m}.
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	436
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	437 >> Now type @samp{BAR} item name. Do not type Return yet.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	438
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	439 While you are typing the item name, you can use the Delete key to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	440 cancel one character at a time if you make a mistake.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	441
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	442 >> Type one to cancel the @samp{R}. You could type another @samp{R} to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	443 replace it. You do not have to, since @samp{BA} is a valid abbreviation.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	444
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	445 >> Now you are ready to go. Type a @key{RET}.
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	446
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	447 After visiting Help-FOO, you should return here.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	448
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	449 >> Type @kbd{n} to see more commands.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	450
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	451 @c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	452 @c It is an accident of the menu updating command.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	453
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	454 Here is another way to get to Help-FOO, a menu. You can ignore this
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	455 if you want, or else try it (but then please come back to here).
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	456
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	457 @menu
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	458 * Help-FOO::
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	459 @end menu
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	460
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	461 @node Help-FOO, , , Help-M
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	462 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	463 @subsection The @kbd{u} command
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	464
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	465 Congratulations! This is the node @samp{Help-FOO}. Unlike the other
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	466 nodes you have seen, this one has an @samp{Up}: @samp{Help-M}, the node you
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	467 just came from via the @kbd{m} command. This is the usual
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	468 convention---the nodes you reach from a menu have @samp{Up} nodes that lead
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	469 back to the menu. Menus move Down in the tree, and @samp{Up} moves Up.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	470 @samp{Previous}, on the other hand, is usually used to ``stay on the same
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	471 level but go backwards''
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	472
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	473 You can go back to the node @samp{Help-M} by typing the command
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	474 @kbd{u} for ``Up''. That puts you at the @emph{front} of the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	475 node---to get back to where you were reading you have to type
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	476 some @key{SPC}s.
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	477
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	478 >> Now type @kbd{u} to move back up to @samp{Help-M}.
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	479
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	480 @node Help-Adv, Help-Q, Help-M, Getting Started
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	481 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	482 @section Some advanced Info commands
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	483
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	484 The course is almost over, so please stick with it to the end.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	485
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	486 If you have been moving around to different nodes and wish to
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	487 retrace your steps, the @kbd{l} command (@kbd{l} for @dfn{last}) will
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	488 do that, one node-step at a time. As you move from node to node, Info
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	489 records the nodes where you have been in a special history list. The
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	490 @kbd{l} command revisits nodes in the history list; each successive
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	491 @kbd{l} command moves one step back through the history.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	492
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	493 If you have been following directions, ad @kbd{l} command now will get
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	494 you back to @samp{Help-M}. Another @kbd{l} command would undo the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	495 @kbd{u} and get you back to @samp{Help-FOO}. Another @kbd{l} would undo
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	496 the @kbd{m} and get you back to @samp{Help-M}.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	497
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	498 >> Try typing three @kbd{l}'s, pausing in between to see what each
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	499 @kbd{l} does.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	500
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	501 Then follow directions again and you will end up back here.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	502
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	503 Note the difference between @kbd{l} and @kbd{p}: @kbd{l} moves to
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	504 where @emph{you} last were, whereas @kbd{p} always moves to the node
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	505 which the header says is the @samp{Previous} node (from this node, to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	506 @samp{Help-M}).
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	507
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	508 The @samp{d} command gets you instantly to the Directory node.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	509 This node, which is the first one you saw when you entered Info,
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	510 has a menu which leads (directly, or indirectly through other menus),
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	511 to all the nodes that exist.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	512
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	513 >> Try doing a @samp{d}, then do an @kbd{l} to return here (yes,
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	514 @emph{do} return).
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	515
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	516 Sometimes, in Info documentation, you will see a cross reference.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	517 Cross references look like this: @xref{Help-Cross, Cross}. That is a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	518 real, live cross reference which is named @samp{Cross} and points at
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	519 the node named @samp{Help-Cross}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	520
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	521 If you wish to follow a cross reference, you must use the @samp{f}
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	522 command. The @samp{f} must be followed by the cross reference name
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	523 (in this case, @samp{Cross}). While you enter the name, you can use the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	524 Delete key to edit your input. If you change your mind about following
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	525 any reference, you can use @kbd{Control-g} to cancel the command.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	526
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	527 Completion is available in the @samp{f} command; you can complete among
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	528 all the cross reference names in the current node by typing a Tab.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	529
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	530 >> Type @samp{f}, followed by @samp{Cross}, and a @key{RET}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	531
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	532 To get a list of all the cross references in the current node, you can
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	533 type @kbd{?} after an @samp{f}. The @samp{f} continues to await a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	534 cross reference name even after printing the list, so if you don't
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	535 actually want to follow a reference, you should type a @kbd{Control-g}
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	536 to cancel the @samp{f}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	537
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	538 >> Type "f?" to get a list of the cross references in this node. Then
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	539 type a @kbd{Control-g} and see how the @samp{f} gives up.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	540
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	541 >> Now type @kbd{n} to see the last node of the course.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	542
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	543 @c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	544 @c It is an accident of the menu updating command.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	545
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	546 @node Help-Cross, , , Help-Adv
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	547 @subsection The node reached by the cross reference in Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	548
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	549 This is the node reached by the cross reference named @samp{Cross}.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	550
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	551 While this node is specifically intended to be reached by a cross
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	552 reference, most cross references lead to nodes that ``belong'' someplace
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	553 else far away in the structure of Info. So you cannot expect the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	554 footnote to have a @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} or @samp{Up} pointing
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	555 back to where you came from. In general, the @kbd{l} (el) command is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	556 the only way to get back there.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	557
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	558 >> Type @kbd{l} to return to the node where the cross reference was.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	559
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	560 @node Help-Q, , Help-Adv, Getting Started
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	561 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	562 @section Quitting Info
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	563
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	564 To get out of Info, back to what you were doing before, type @kbd{q}
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	565 for @dfn{Quit}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	566
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	567 This is the end of the course on using Info. There are some other
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	568 commands that are meant for experienced users; they are useful, and you
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	569 can find them by looking in the directory node for documentation on
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	570 Info. Finding them will be a good exercise in using Info in the usual
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	571 manner.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	572
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	573 >> Type @samp{d} to go to the Info directory node; then type
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	574 @samp{mInfo} and Return, to get to the node about Info and
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	575 see what other help is available.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	576
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	577
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	578 @node Advanced Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	579 @chapter Info for Experts
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	580
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	581 This chapter describes various advanced Info commands, and how to write
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	582 an Info as distinct from a Texinfo file. (However, in most cases, writing a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	583 Texinfo file is better, since you can use it @emph{both} to generate an
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	584 Info file and to make a printed manual. @xref{Top,, Overview of
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	585 Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo}.)
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	586
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	587 @menu
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	588 * Expert:: Advanced Info commands: g, s, e, and 1 - 5.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	589 * Add:: Describes how to add new nodes to the hierarchy.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	590 Also tells what nodes look like.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	591 * Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	592 * Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	593 * Tags:: How to make tag tables for Info files.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	594 * Checking:: Checking an Info File
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	595 * Emacs Info Variables:: Variables modifying the behavior of Emacs Info.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	596 @end menu
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	597
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	598 @node Expert, Add, , Advanced Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	599 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	600 @section Advanced Info Commands
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	601
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	602 @kbd{g}, @kbd{s}, @kbd{1}, -- @kbd{9}, and @kbd{e}
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	603
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	604 If you know a node's name, you can go there by typing @kbd{g}, the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	605 name, and @key{RET}. Thus, @kbd{gTop@key{RET}} would go to the node
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	606 called @samp{Top} in this file (its directory node).
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	607 @kbd{gExpert@key{RET}} would come back here.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	608
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	609 Unlike @kbd{m}, @kbd{g} does not allow the use of abbreviations.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	610
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	611 To go to a node in another file, you can include the filename in the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	612 node name by putting it at the front, in parentheses. Thus,
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	613 @kbd{g(dir)Top@key{RET}} would go to the Info Directory node, which is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	614 node @samp{Top} in the file @file{dir}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	615
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	616 The node name @samp{*} specifies the whole file. So you can look at
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	617 all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	618 other file with @kbd{g(FILENAME)@key{RET}}.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	619
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	620 The @kbd{s} command allows you to search a whole file for a string.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	621 It switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	622 type @kbd{s} followed by the string to search for, terminated by
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	623 @key{RET}. To search for the same string again, just @kbd{s} followed
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	624 by @key{RET} will do. The file's nodes are scanned in the order
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	625 they are in in the file, which has no necessary relationship to the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	626 order that they may be in in the tree structure of menus and @samp{next}
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	627 pointers. But normally the two orders are not very different. In any
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	628 case, you can always do a @kbd{b} to find out what node you have
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	629 reached, if the header is not visible (this can happen, because @kbd{s}
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	630 puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, not at the beginning
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	631 of the node).
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	632
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	633 If you grudge the system each character of type-in it requires, you
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	634 might like to use the commands @kbd{1}, @kbd{2}, @kbd{3}, @kbd{4}, ...
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	635 @kbd{9}. They are short for the @kbd{m} command together with an
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	636 argument. @kbd{1} goes through the first item in the current node's
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	637 menu; @kbd{2} goes through the second item, etc.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	638
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	639 If your display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs' Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	640 mode to read Info files, the @samp{*} for the fifth menu item is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	641 underlined, and so is the @samp{*} for the ninth item; these underlines
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	642 make it easy to see at a glance which number to use for an item.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	643
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	644 On ordinary terminals, you won't have underlining. If you need to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	645 actually count items, it is better to use @kbd{m} instead, and specify
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	646 the name.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	647
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	648 The Info command @kbd{e} changes from Info mode to an ordinary
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	649 Emacs editing mode, so that you can edit the text of the current node.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	650 Type @kbd{C-c C-c} to switch back to Info. The @kbd{e} command is allowed
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	651 only if the variable @code{Info-enable-edit} is non-@code{nil}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	652
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	653 @node Add, Menus, Expert, Advanced Info
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	654 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	655 @section Adding a new node to Info
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	656
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	657 To add a new topic to the list in the Info directory, you must:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	658 @enumerate
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	659 @item
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	660 Create some nodes, in some file, to document that topic.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	661 @item
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	662 Put that topic in the menu in the directory. @xref{Menus, Menu}.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	663 @end enumerate
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	664
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	665 Usually, the way to create the nodes is with Texinfo (@pxref{Top,,
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	666 Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo}); this has the advantage that you
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	667 can also make a printed manual from them. However, if you want to edit
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	668 an Info file, here is how.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	669
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	670 The new node can live in an existing documentation file, or in a new
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	671 one. It must have a @key{^_} character before it (invisible to the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	672 user; this node has one but you cannot see it), and it ends with either
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	673 a @key{^_}, a @key{^L}, or the end of file. Note: If you put in a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	674 @key{^L} to end a new node, be sure that there is a @key{^_} after it
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	675 to start the next one, since @key{^L} cannot @emph{start} a node.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	676 Also, a nicer way to make a node boundary be a page boundary as well
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	677 is to put a @key{^L} @emph{right after} the @key{^_}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	678
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	679 The @key{^_} starting a node must be followed by a newline or a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	680 @key{^L} newline, after which comes the node's header line. The header
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	681 line must give the node's name (by which Info finds it), and state the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	682 names of the @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}, and @samp{Up} nodes (if there
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	683 are any). As you can see, this node's @samp{Up} node is the node
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	684 @samp{Top}, which points at all the documentation for Info. The
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	685 @samp{Next} node is @samp{Menus}.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	686
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	687 The keywords @dfn{Node}, @dfn{Previous}, @dfn{Up}, and @dfn{Next},
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	688 may appear in any order, anywhere in the header line, but the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	689 recommended order is the one in this sentence. Each keyword must be
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	690 followed by a colon, spaces and tabs, and then the appropriate name.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	691 The name may be terminated with a tab, a comma, or a newline. A space
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	692 does not end it; node names may contain spaces. The case of letters
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	693 in the names is insignificant.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	694
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	695 A node name has two forms. A node in the current file is named by
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	696 what appears after the @samp{Node: } in that node's first line. For
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	697 example, this node's name is @samp{Add}. A node in another file is
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	698 named by @samp{(@var{filename})@var{node-within-file}}, as in
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	699 @samp{(info)Add} for this node. If the file name starts with ``./'',
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	700 then it is relative to the current directory; otherwise, it is relative
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	701 starting from the standard Info file directory of your site.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	702 The name @samp{(@var{filename})Top} can be abbreviated to just
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	703 @samp{(@var{filename})}. By convention, the name @samp{Top} is used for
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	704 the ``highest'' node in any single file---the node whose @samp{Up} points
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	705 out of the file. The Directory node is @file{(dir)}. The @samp{Top} node
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	706 of a document file listed in the Directory should have an @samp{Up:
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	707 (dir)} in it.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	708
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	709 The node name @kbd{*} is special: it refers to the entire file.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	710 Thus, @kbd{g*} shows you the whole current file. The use of the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	711 node @kbd{*} is to make it possible to make old-fashioned,
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	712 unstructured files into nodes of the tree.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	713
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	714 The @samp{Node:} name, in which a node states its own name, must not
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	715 contain a filename, since Info when searching for a node does not expect
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	716 one to be there. The @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} and @samp{Up} names
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	717 may contain them. In this node, since the @samp{Up} node is in the same
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	718 file, it was not necessary to use one.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	719
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	720 Note that the nodes in this file have a file name in the header
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	721 line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	722 to help identify the node for the user.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	723
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	724 @node Menus, Cross-refs, Add, Advanced Info
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	725 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	726 @section How to Create Menus
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	727
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	728 Any node in the Info hierarchy may have a @dfn{menu}---a list of subnodes.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	729 The @kbd{m} command searches the current node's menu for the topic which it
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	730 reads from the terminal.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	731
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	732 A menu begins with a line starting with @samp{* Menu:}. The rest of the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	733 line is a comment. After the starting line, every line that begins
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	734 with a @samp{* } lists a single topic. The name of the topic--the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	735 argument that the user must give to the @kbd{m} command to select this
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	736 topic---comes right after the star and space, and is followed by a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	737 colon, spaces and tabs, and the name of the node which discusses that
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	738 topic. The node name, like node names following @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	739 and @samp{Up}, may be terminated with a tab, comma, or newline; it may also
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	740 be terminated with a period.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	741
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	742 If the node name and topic name are the same, then rather than
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	743 giving the name twice, the abbreviation @samp{* NAME::} may be used
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	744 (and should be used, whenever possible, as it reduces the visual
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	745 clutter in the menu).
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	746
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	747 It is considerate to choose the topic names so that they differ
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	748 from each other very near the beginning---this allows the user to type
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	749 short abbreviations. In a long menu, it is a good idea to capitalize
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	750 the beginning of each item name which is the minimum acceptable
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	751 abbreviation for it (a long menu is more than 5 or so entries).
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	752
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	753 The nodes listed in a node's menu are called its ``subnodes'', and it
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	754 is their ``superior''. They should each have an @samp{Up:} pointing at
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	755 the superior. It is often useful to arrange all or most of the subnodes
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	756 in a sequence of @samp{Next} and @samp{Previous} pointers so that
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	757 someone who wants to see them all need not keep revisiting the Menu.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	758
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	759 The Info Directory is simply the menu of the node @samp{(dir)Top}---that
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	760 is, node @samp{Top} in file @file{.../info/dir}. You can put new entries
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	761 in that menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is @emph{not} the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	762 same as the file directory called @file{info}. It happens that many of
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	763 Info's files live on that file directory, but they do not have to; and
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	764 files on that directory are not automatically listed in the Info
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	765 Directory node.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	766
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	767 Also, although the Info node graph is claimed to be a ``hierarchy'',
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	768 in fact it can be @emph{any} directed graph. Shared structures and
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	769 pointer cycles are perfectly possible, and can be used if they are
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	770 appropriate to the meaning to be expressed. There is no need for all
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	771 the nodes in a file to form a connected structure. In fact, this file
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	772 has two connected components. You are in one of them, which is under
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	773 the node @samp{Top}; the other contains the node @samp{Help} which the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	774 @kbd{h} command goes to. In fact, since there is no garbage
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	775 collector, nothing terrible happens if a substructure is not pointed
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	776 to, but such a substructure is rather useless since nobody can
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	777 ever find out that it exists.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	778
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	779 @node Cross-refs, Tags, Menus, Advanced Info
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	780 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	781 @section Creating Cross References
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	782
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	783 A cross reference can be placed anywhere in the text, unlike a menu
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	784 item which must go at the front of a line. A cross reference looks
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	785 like a menu item except that it has @samp{note} instead of @kbd{}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	786 It @emph{cannot} be terminated by a @samp{)}, because @samp{)}'s are
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	787 so often part of node names. If you wish to enclose a cross reference
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	788 in parentheses, terminate it with a period first. Here are two
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	789 examples of cross references pointers:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	790
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	791 @example
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	792 Note details: commands. (See note 3: Full Proof.)
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	793 @end example
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	794
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	795 They are just examples. The places they ``lead to'' do not really exist!
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	796
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	797 @node Tags, Checking, Cross-refs, Advanced Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	798 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	799 @section Tag Tables for Info Files
5492 e82f5b7010fe Merge some stuff in man, fix up Makefile Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> parents: 468 diff changeset	800
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	801 You can speed up the access to nodes of a large Info file by giving
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	802 it a tag table. Unlike the tag table for a program, the tag table for
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	803 an Info file lives inside the file itself and is used
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	804 automatically whenever Info reads in the file.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	805
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	806 To make a tag table, go to a node in the file using Emacs Info mode and type
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	807 @kbd{M-x Info-tagify}. Then you must use @kbd{C-x C-s} to save the
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	808 file.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	809
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	810 Once the Info file has a tag table, you must make certain it is up
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	811 to date. If, as a result of deletion of text, any node moves back
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	812 more than a thousand characters in the file from the position
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	813 recorded in the tag table, Info will no longer be able to find that
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	814 node. To update the tag table, use the @code{Info-tagify} command again.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	815
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	816 An Info file tag table appears at the end of the file and looks like
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	817 this:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	818
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	819 @example
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	820 ^_
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	821 Tag Table:
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	822 File: info, Node: Cross-refs^?21419
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	823 File: info, Node: Tags^?22145
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	824 ^_
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	825 End Tag Table
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	826 @end example
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	827
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	828 @noindent
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	829 Note that it contains one line per node, and this line contains
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	830 the beginning of the node's header (ending just after the node name),
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	831 a Delete character, and the character position in the file of the
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	832 beginning of the node.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	833
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	834
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	835 @node Checking, Emacs Info Variables, Tags, Advanced Info
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	836 @section Checking an Info File
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	837
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	838 When creating an Info file, it is easy to forget the name of a node when
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	839 you are making a pointer to it from another node. If you put in the
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	840 wrong name for a node, this is not detected until someone tries to go
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	841 through the pointer using Info. Verification of the Info file is an
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	842 automatic process which checks all pointers to nodes and reports any
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	843 pointers which are invalid. Every @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous}, and
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	844 @samp{Up} is checked, as is every menu item and every cross reference. In
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	845 addition, any @samp{Next} which does not have a @samp{Previous} pointing
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	846 back is reported. Only pointers within the file are checked, because
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	847 checking pointers to other files would be terribly slow. But those are
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	848 usually few.
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	849
3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	850 To check an Info file, do @kbd{M-x Info-validate} while looking at any
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	851 node of the file with Emacs Info mode.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	852
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	853 @node Emacs Info Variables, , Checking, Advanced Info
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	854 @section Emacs Info-mode Variables
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	855
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	856 The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in Emacs;
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	857 you may wish to set one or several of these variables interactively, or
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	858 in your @file{~/.emacs} init file. @xref{Examining, Examining and
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	859 Setting Variables, Examining and Setting Variables, xemacs, XEmacs
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	860 User's Manual}.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	861
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	862
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	863 @vtable @code
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	864 @item Info-enable-edit
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	865 Set to @code{nil}, disables the @samp{e} (@code{Info-edit}) command. A
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	866 non-@code{nil} value enables it. @xref{Add, Edit}.
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	867
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	868 @item Info-enable-active-nodes
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	869 When set to a non-@code{nil} value, allows Info to execute Lisp code
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	870 associated with nodes. The Lisp code is executed when the node is
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	871 selected.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	872
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	873 @item Info-directory-list
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	874 The list of directories to search for Info files. Each element is a
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	875 string (directory name) or @code{nil} (try default directory).
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	876
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	877 @item Info-directory
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	878 The standard directory for Info documentation files. Only used when the
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	879 function @code{Info-directory} is called.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	880 @end vtable
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	881
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	882
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	883 @node Creating an Info File
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	884 @chapter Creating an Info File
428 3ecd8885ac67 Import from CVS: tag r21-2-22 cvs parents: diff changeset	885
5496 a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	886 @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo}, to learn how to
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	887 write a Texinfo file.
a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	888
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a7da359711ce Backed out changeset e82f5b7010fe, incompatible with extant makeinfo. Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> parents: 5492 diff changeset	893 to learn how to install an Info file after you have created one.
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