This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
documentation system.
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+Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996--2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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-Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
-license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License'' in the Emacs manual.
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@end ifinfo
@end ifnottex
-@insertcopying
+@insertcopying
@menu
* Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader.
* Advanced:: Advanced Info commands.
* Expert Info:: Info commands for experts.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
* Index:: An index of topics, commands, and variables.
@end menu
does not fit. To move forward through the text and see another screen
full, press @key{SPC}, the Space bar. To move back up, press the key
labeled @samp{Backspace} or @samp{DEL} (on some keyboards, this key
-might be labeled @samp{Delete}).
+might be labeled @samp{Delete}), or @key{S-SPC}.
@ifinfo
-Here are 40 lines of junk, so you can try @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} and
-see what they do. At the end are instructions of what you should do
-next.
+Here are 40 lines of junk, so you can try @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} (or
+@key{S-SPC}) and see what they do. At the end are instructions of
+what you should do next.
@format
This is line 20
@end format
If you have managed to get here, go back to the beginning with
-@kbd{DEL} (or @key{BACKSPACE}), and come back here again, then you
+@kbd{DEL} (or @key{S-SPC}), and come back here again, then you
understand the about the @samp{Space} and @samp{Backspace} keys. So
now type an @kbd{n}---just one character; don't type the quotes and
don't type the Return key afterward---to get to the normal start of
@format
>> If you are in Emacs and have a mouse, and if you already practiced
- typing @kbd{n} to get to the next node, click now with the left
+ typing @kbd{n} to get to the next node, click now with the left
mouse button on the @samp{Next} link to do the same ``the mouse way''.
@end format
we call ``Backspace or DEL'' in this manual is labeled differently on
different keyboards. Look for a key which is a little ways above the
@key{ENTER} or @key{RET} key and which you normally use outside Emacs
-to erase the character before the cursor, i.e.@: the character you
+to erase the character before the cursor, i.e., the character you
typed last. It might be labeled @samp{Backspace} or @samp{<-} or
@samp{DEL}, or sometimes @samp{Delete}.} and @kbd{b} commands exist to
allow you to ``move around'' in a node that does not all fit on the
If you immediately want to go to that node, without having to scroll
to the bottom of the screen first, you can type @kbd{]}.
-Similarly, @kbd{@key{BACKSPACE}} carries you to the preceding node
-regardless of level, after you scrolled to the beginning of the
-present node. If you want to go to the preceding node immediately,
-you can type @kbd{[}.
+Similarly, @kbd{@key{BACKSPACE}} (or @kbd{@key{S-SPC}}) carries you to
+the preceding node regardless of level, after you scrolled to the
+beginning of the present node. If you want to go to the preceding
+node immediately, you can type @kbd{[}.
For instance, typing this sequence will come back here in three steps:
@kbd{[ n [}. To do the same backward, type @kbd{] p ]}.
node name by putting it at the front, in parentheses. Thus,
@kbd{g(dir)Top@key{RET}} would go to the Info Directory node, which is
the node @samp{Top} in the Info file @file{dir}. Likewise,
-@kbd{g(emacs)Top@key{RET}} goes to the top node of the Emacs manual.
+@kbd{g(emacs)Top@key{RET}} (or just @kbd{g(emacs)@key{RET}}) goes to the
+top node of the Emacs manual.
The node name @samp{*} specifies the whole file. So you can look at
all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any
this is so you need not count how many entries are there.
If your display supports multiple fonts, colors or underlining, and
-you are using Emacs' Info mode to read Info files, the third, sixth
+you are using Emacs's Info mode to read Info files, the third, sixth
and ninth menu items have a @samp{*} that stands out, either in color
or in some other attribute, such as underline; this makes it easy to
see at a glance which number to use for an item.
If you have created many Info buffers in Emacs, you might find it
difficult to remember which buffer is showing which manual. You can
use the command @kbd{M-x info-display-manual} to show an Info manual
-by name, reusing an existing buffer if one exists.
+by name, reusing an existing buffer if there is one.
@node Emacs Info Variables, , Create Info buffer, Advanced
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@item Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes
If set to a non-@code{nil} value, @key{SPC} and @key{BACKSPACE} (or
-@key{DEL}) keys in a menu visit subnodes of the current node before
-scrolling to its end or beginning, respectively. For example, if the
-node's menu appears on the screen, the next @key{SPC} moves to a
-subnode indicated by the following menu item. Setting this option to
-@code{nil} results in behavior similar to the stand-alone Info reader
-program, which visits the first subnode from the menu only when you
-hit the end of the current node. The default is @code{nil}.
+@key{DEL}, or @key{S-SPC}) keys in a menu visit subnodes of the
+current node before scrolling to its end or beginning, respectively.
+For example, if the node's menu appears on the screen, the next
+@key{SPC} moves to a subnode indicated by the following menu item.
+Setting this option to @code{nil} results in behavior similar to the
+stand-alone Info reader program, which visits the first subnode from
+the menu only when you hit the end of the current node. The default
+is @code{nil}.
@item Info-isearch-search
If non-@code{nil}, isearch in Info searches through multiple nodes.
@node Expert Info
@chapter Info for Experts
+@cindex Texinfo
This chapter explains how to write an Info file by hand. However,
in most cases, writing a Texinfo file is better, since you can use it
To check an Info file, do @kbd{M-x Info-validate} while looking at any
node of the file with Emacs Info mode.
+@node GNU Free Documentation License
+@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
+@include doclicense.texi
+
@node Index
@unnumbered Index