This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
documentation system.
-Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
- 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
+2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
type the command @kbd{h} now. It brings you to a programmed
instruction sequence.
-To read about expert-level Info commands, type @kbd{n} twice. This
-brings you to @cite{Info for Experts}, skipping over the `Getting
+To read about advanced Info commands, type @kbd{n} twice. This
+brings you to @cite{Advanced Info Commands}, skipping over the `Getting
Started' chapter.
@end ifinfo
@end ifnottex
@menu
* Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader.
+* Advanced:: Advanced Info commands.
* Expert Info:: Info commands for experts.
-* Creating an Info File:: How to make your own Info file.
* Index:: An index of topics, commands, and variables.
@end menu
-@node Getting Started, Expert Info, Top, Top
+@node Getting Started, Advanced, Top, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Getting Started
This first part of this Info manual describes how to get around inside
of Info. The second part of the manual describes various advanced
-Info commands, and how to write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo
-file. The third part briefly explains how to generate Info files from
-Texinfo files.
+Info commands. The third part briefly explains how to generate Info
+files from Texinfo files, and describes how to write an Info file
+by hand.
@ifnotinfo
This manual is primarily designed for browsing with an Info reader
There is also a short-cut Info command, @kbd{i}, which does all of
that for you. It searches the index for a given topic (a string) and
goes to the node which is listed in the index for that topic.
-@xref{Info Search}, for a full explanation.
+@xref{Search Index}, for a full explanation.
@kindex l @r{(Info mode)}
@findex Info-history-back
>> Now type @kbd{n} to see the last node of the course.
@end format
- @xref{Expert Info}, for more advanced Info features.
+ @xref{Advanced}, for more advanced Info features.
@c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it.
@c It is an accident of the menu updating command.
-@node Expert Info
-@chapter Info for Experts
+@node Advanced
+@chapter Advanced Info Commands
- This chapter describes various Info commands for experts. (If you
+ This chapter describes various advanced Info commands. (If you
are using a stand-alone Info reader, there are additional commands
specific to it, which are documented in several chapters of @ref{Top,,
GNU Info, info-stnd, GNU Info}.)
- This chapter also explains how to write an Info as distinct from a
-Texinfo file. (However, in most cases, writing a Texinfo file is
-better, since you can use it to make a printed manual or produce other
-formats, such as HTML and DocBook, as well as for generating Info
-files.) @xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
-Documentation Format}.
-
@menu
-* Advanced:: Advanced Info commands: g, e, and 1 - 9.
-* Info Search:: How to search Info documents for specific subjects.
-* Add:: Describes how to add new nodes to the hierarchy.
- Also tells what nodes look like.
-* Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes.
-* Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes.
-* Tags:: How to make tags tables for Info files.
-* Checking:: Checking an Info File.
+* Search Text:: How to search Info documents.
+* Search Index:: How to search the indices for specific subjects.
+* Go to node:: How to go to a node by name.
+* Choose menu subtopic:: How to choose a menu subtopic by its number.
+* Create Info buffer:: How to create a new Info buffer in Emacs.
* Emacs Info Variables:: Variables modifying the behavior of Emacs Info.
@end menu
-@node Advanced, Info Search, , Expert Info
+@node Search Text, Search Index, , Advanced
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section How to search Info documents
+
+@cindex searching Info documents
+@cindex Info document as a reference
+ The commands which move between and inside nodes allow you to read
+the entire manual or its large portions. But what if you need to find
+some information in the manual as fast as you can, and you don't know
+or don't remember in what node to look for it? This need arises when
+you use a manual as a @dfn{reference}, or when it is impractical to
+read the entire manual before you start using the programs it
+describes.
+
+ Info has powerful searching facilities that let you find things
+quickly. You can search either the manual text or its indices.
+
+@kindex s @r{(Info mode)}
+@findex Info-search
+ The @kbd{s} command allows you to search a whole Info file for a string.
+It switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You
+type @kbd{s} followed by the string to search for, terminated by
+@key{RET}. To search for the same string again, just @kbd{s} followed
+by @key{RET} will do. The file's nodes are scanned in the order
+they are in the file, which has no necessary relationship to the
+order that they may be in the tree structure of menus and @samp{next}
+pointers. But normally the two orders are not very different. In any
+case, you can always look at the mode line to find out what node you have
+reached, if the header is not visible (this can happen, because @kbd{s}
+puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, not at the beginning
+of the node).
+
+@kindex M-s @r{(Info mode)}
+ In Emacs, @kbd{Meta-s} is equivalent to @kbd{s}. That is for
+compatibility with other GNU packages that use @kbd{M-s} for a similar
+kind of search command. Both @kbd{s} and @kbd{M-s} run in Emacs the
+command @code{Info-search}.
+
+@kindex C-s @r{(Info mode)}
+@kindex C-r @r{(Info mode)}
+@findex isearch
+ Instead of using @kbd{s} in Emacs Info and in the stand-alone Info,
+you can use an incremental search started with @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r}.
+It can search through multiple Info nodes. @xref{Incremental Search,,,
+emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. In Emacs, this behavior is enabled only
+if the variable @code{Info-isearch-search} is non-@code{nil}
+(@pxref{Emacs Info Variables}).
+
+@node Search Index, Go to node, Search Text, Advanced
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@section Advanced Info Commands
+@section How to search the indices for specific subjects
+
+@cindex searching Info indices
+@kindex i @r{(Info mode)}
+@findex Info-index
+ Since most topics in the manual should be indexed, you should try
+the index search first before the text search. The @kbd{i} command
+prompts you for a subject and then looks up that subject in the
+indices. If it finds an index entry with the subject you typed, it
+goes to the node to which that index entry points. You should browse
+through that node to see whether the issue you are looking for is
+described there. If it isn't, type @kbd{,} one or more times to go
+through additional index entries which match your subject.
+
+ The @kbd{i} command and subsequent @kbd{,} commands find all index
+entries which include the string you typed @emph{as a substring}.
+For each match, Info shows in the echo area the full index entry it
+found. Often, the text of the full index entry already gives you
+enough information to decide whether it is relevant to what you are
+looking for, so we recommend that you read what Info shows in the echo
+area before looking at the node it displays.
+
+ Since @kbd{i} looks for a substring, you can search for subjects even
+if you are not sure how they are spelled in the index. For example,
+suppose you want to find something that is pertinent to commands which
+complete partial input (e.g., when you type @key{TAB}). If you want
+to catch index entries that refer to ``complete'', ``completion'', and
+``completing'', you could type @kbd{icomplet@key{RET}}.
+
+ Info documents which describe programs should index the commands,
+options, and key sequences that the program provides. If you are
+looking for a description of a command, an option, or a key, just type
+their names when @kbd{i} prompts you for a topic. For example, if you
+want to read the description of what the @kbd{C-l} key does, type
+@kbd{iC-l@key{RET}} literally.
+
+ In Emacs, @kbd{i} runs the command @code{Info-index}.
-Here are some more Info commands that make it easier to move around.
+@findex info-apropos
+@findex index-apropos
+If you aren't sure which manual documents the topic you are looking
+for, try the @kbd{M-x info-apropos} command in Emacs, or the @kbd{M-x
+index-apropos} command in the stand-alone reader. It prompts for
+a string and then looks up that string in all the indices of all the
+Info documents installed on your system.
-@subheading @kbd{g} goes to a node by name
+@node Go to node, Choose menu subtopic, Search Index, Advanced
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section @kbd{g} goes to a node by name
@kindex g @r{(Info mode)}
@findex Info-goto-node
If you know a node's name, you can go there by typing @kbd{g}, the
name, and @key{RET}. Thus, @kbd{gTop@key{RET}} would go to the node
called @samp{Top} in this file. (This is equivalent to @kbd{t}, see
-@ref{Help-Int}.) @kbd{gAdvanced@key{RET}} would come back here.
+@ref{Help-Int}.) @kbd{gGo to node@key{RET}} would come back here.
@kbd{g} in Emacs runs the command @code{Info-goto-node}.
Unlike @kbd{m}, @kbd{g} does not allow the use of abbreviations.
all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any
other file with @kbd{g(@var{filename})*@key{RET}}.
-@subheading @kbd{1}--@kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number
+@node Choose menu subtopic, Create Info buffer, Go to node, Advanced
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section @kbd{1}--@kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number
@kindex 1 @r{through} 9 @r{(Info mode)}
@findex Info-nth-menu-item
@kbd{m} instead, and specify the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly
move between menu items.
-@subheading @kbd{e} makes Info document editable
-
-@kindex e @r{(Info mode)}
-@findex Info-edit
-@cindex edit Info document
- The Info command @kbd{e} changes from Info mode to an ordinary
-Emacs editing mode, so that you can edit the text of the current node.
-Type @kbd{C-c C-c} to switch back to Info. The @kbd{e} command is allowed
-only if the variable @code{Info-enable-edit} is non-@code{nil}.
-
- The @kbd{e} command only works in Emacs, where it runs the command
-@code{Info-edit}. The stand-alone Info reader doesn't allow you to
-edit the Info file, so typing @kbd{e} there goes to the end of the
-current node.
-
-@subheading @kbd{M-n} creates a new independent Info buffer in Emacs
+@node Create Info buffer, Emacs Info Variables, Choose menu subtopic, Advanced
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section @kbd{M-n} creates a new independent Info buffer in Emacs
@kindex M-n @r{(Info mode)}
@findex clone-buffer
switches to the Info buffer with that number. Thus, @kbd{C-u 2 C-h i}
switches to the buffer @samp{*info*<2>}, creating it if necessary.
-@node Info Search, Add, Advanced, Expert Info
+@node Emacs Info Variables, , Create Info buffer, Advanced
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@section How to search Info documents for specific subjects
+@section Emacs Info-mode Variables
-@cindex searching Info documents
-@cindex Info document as a reference
- The commands which move between and inside nodes allow you to read
-the entire manual or its large portions. But what if you need to find
-some information in the manual as fast as you can, and you don't know
-or don't remember in what node to look for it? This need arises when
-you use a manual as a @dfn{reference}, or when it is impractical to
-read the entire manual before you start using the programs it
-describes.
+The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in Emacs;
+you may wish to set one or several of these variables interactively, or
+in your @file{~/.emacs} init file. @xref{Examining, Examining and Setting
+Variables, Examining and Setting Variables, emacs, The GNU Emacs
+Manual}. The stand-alone Info reader program has its own set of
+variables, described in @ref{Variables,, Manipulating Variables,
+info-stnd, GNU Info}.
- Info has powerful searching facilities that let you find things
-quickly. You can search either the manual indices or its text.
+@vtable @code
+@item Info-directory-list
+The list of directories to search for Info files. Each element is a
+string (directory name) or @code{nil} (try default directory). If not
+initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to
+initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no
+@env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment.
-@kindex i @r{(Info mode)}
-@findex Info-index
- Since most subjects related to what the manual describes should be
-indexed, you should try the index search first. The @kbd{i} command
-prompts you for a subject and then looks up that subject in the
-indices. If it finds an index entry with the subject you typed, it
-goes to the node to which that index entry points. You should browse
-through that node to see whether the issue you are looking for is
-described there. If it isn't, type @kbd{,} one or more times to go
-through additional index entries which match your subject.
+If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs
+Info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH}
+environment variable, since that applies to both programs.
- The @kbd{i} command finds all index entries which include the string
-you typed @emph{as a substring}. For each match, Info shows in the
-echo area the full index entry it found. Often, the text of the full
-index entry already gives you enough information to decide whether it
-is relevant to what you are looking for, so we recommend that you read
-what Info shows in the echo area before looking at the node it
-displays.
+@item Info-additional-directory-list
+A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files.
+These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file.
- Since @kbd{i} looks for a substring, you can search for subjects even
-if you are not sure how they are spelled in the index. For example,
-suppose you want to find something that is pertinent to commands which
-complete partial input (e.g., when you type @key{TAB}). If you want
-to catch index entries that refer to ``complete'', ``completion'', and
-``completing'', you could type @kbd{icomplet@key{RET}}.
+@item Info-mode-hook
+Hooks run when @code{Info-mode} is called. By default, it contains
+the hook @code{turn-on-font-lock} which enables highlighting of Info
+files. You can change how the highlighting looks by customizing the
+faces @code{info-node}, @code{info-xref}, @code{info-xref-visited},
+@code{info-header-xref}, @code{info-header-node}, @code{info-menu-header},
+@code{info-menu-star}, and @code{info-title-@var{n}} (where @var{n}
+is the level of the section, a number between 1 and 4). To customize
+a face, type @kbd{M-x customize-face @key{RET} @var{face} @key{RET}},
+where @var{face} is one of the face names listed here.
- Info documents which describe programs should index the commands,
-options, and key sequences that the program provides. If you are
-looking for a description of a command, an option, or a key, just type
-their names when @kbd{i} prompts you for a topic. For example, if you
-want to read the description of what the @kbd{C-f} key does, type
-@kbd{i C - f @key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters
-@samp{C}, @samp{-}, and @samp{f}, not the ``Control-f'' command key
-you type inside Emacs to run the command bound to @kbd{C-f}.
+@item Info-fontify-maximum-menu-size
+Maximum size of menu to fontify if @code{font-lock-mode} is non-@code{nil}.
- In Emacs, @kbd{i} runs the command @code{Info-index}.
+@item Info-fontify-visited-nodes
+If non-@code{nil}, menu items and cross-references pointing to visited
+nodes are displayed in the @code{info-xref-visited} face.
-@findex info-apropos
-@findex index-apropos
-If you don't know what manual documents something, try the @kbd{M-x
-info-apropos} command in Emacs, or the @kbd{M-x index-apropos} command
-in the stand-alone reader. It prompts for a string and then looks up
-that string in all the indices of all the Info documents installed on
-your system.
+@item Info-use-header-line
+If non-@code{nil}, Emacs puts in the Info buffer a header line showing
+the @samp{Next}, @samp{Prev}, and @samp{Up} links. A header line does
+not scroll with the rest of the buffer, making these links always
+visible.
-@kindex s @r{(Info mode)}
-@findex Info-search
- The @kbd{s} command allows you to search a whole file for a string.
-It switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You
-type @kbd{s} followed by the string to search for, terminated by
-@key{RET}. To search for the same string again, just @kbd{s} followed
-by @key{RET} will do. The file's nodes are scanned in the order
-they are in the file, which has no necessary relationship to the
-order that they may be in the tree structure of menus and @samp{next}
-pointers. But normally the two orders are not very different. In any
-case, you can always look at the echo area to find out what node you have
-reached, if the header is not visible (this can happen, because @kbd{s}
-puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, not at the beginning
-of the node).
+@item Info-hide-note-references
+As explained in earlier nodes, the Emacs version of Info normally
+hides some text in menus and cross-references. You can completely
+disable this feature, by setting this option to @code{nil}. Setting
+it to a value that is neither @code{nil} nor @code{t} produces an
+intermediate behavior, hiding a limited amount of text, but showing
+all text that could potentially be useful.
-@kindex M-s @r{(Info mode)}
- In Emacs, @kbd{Meta-s} is equivalent to @kbd{s}. That is for
-compatibility with other GNU packages that use @kbd{M-s} for a similar
-kind of search command. Both @kbd{s} and @kbd{M-s} run in Emacs the
-command @code{Info-search}.
+@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}.
-@kindex C-s @r{(Info mode)}
-@kindex C-r @r{(Info mode)}
-@findex isearch
- Instead of using @kbd{s} in Emacs Info and in the stand-alone Info,
-you can use an incremental search started with @kbd{C-s} or @kbd{C-r}.
-It can search through multiple Info nodes. @xref{Incremental Search,,,
-emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. In Emacs, this behavior is enabled only
-if the variable @code{Info-isearch-search} is non-@code{nil}
-(@pxref{Emacs Info Variables}).
+@item Info-isearch-search
+If non-@code{nil}, isearch in Info searches through multiple nodes.
+
+@item Info-enable-active-nodes
+When set to a non-@code{nil} value, allows Info to execute Lisp code
+associated with nodes. The Lisp code is executed when the node is
+selected. The Lisp code to be executed should follow the node
+delimiter (the @samp{DEL} character) and an @samp{execute: } tag, like
+this:
+
+@example
+^_execute: (message "This is an active node!")
+@end example
+@end vtable
+
+
+@node Expert Info
+@chapter Info for Experts
+
+ 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 make a printed manual or produce other formats, such as HTML and
+DocBook, as well as for generating Info files.
+
+The @code{makeinfo} command converts a Texinfo file into an Info file;
+@code{texinfo-format-region} and @code{texinfo-format-buffer} are GNU
+Emacs functions that do the same.
+
+@xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
+Documentation Format}, for how to write a Texinfo file.
+
+@xref{Creating an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation
+Format}, for how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file.
+
+@xref{Installing an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
+Documentation Format}, for how to install an Info file after you
+have created one.
+
+However, if you want to edit an Info file manually and install it manually,
+here is how.
-@node Add, Menus, Info Search, Expert Info
+@menu
+* Add:: Describes how to add new nodes to the hierarchy.
+ Also tells what nodes look like.
+* Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes.
+* Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes.
+* Tags:: How to make tags tables for Info files.
+* Checking:: Checking an Info File.
+@end menu
+
+@node Add, Menus, , Expert Info
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section Adding a new node to Info
Put that topic in the menu in the directory. @xref{Menus, Menu}.
@end enumerate
- Usually, the way to create the nodes is with Texinfo (@pxref{Top,,
-Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation Format});
-this has the advantage that you can also make a printed manual or HTML
-from them. You would use the @samp{@@dircategory} and
-@samp{@@direntry} commands to put the manual into the Info directory.
-However, if you want to edit an Info file manually and install it
-manually, here is how.
-
@cindex node delimiters
The new node can live in an existing documentation file, or in a new
one. It must have a @samp{^_} character before it (invisible to the
something quickly in a manual---that is, when you need to use a manual
as a reference rather than as a tutorial. We urge you to learn
these search commands as well. If you want to do that now, follow this
-cross reference to @ref{Info Search}.
+cross reference to @ref{Advanced}.
Yet another set of commands are meant for experienced users; you can
find them by looking in the Directory node for documentation on Info.
a @samp{DEL} character, and the character position in the file of the
beginning of the node.
-
-@node Checking, Emacs Info Variables, Tags, Expert Info
+@node Checking, , Tags, Expert Info
@section Checking an Info File
When creating an Info file, it is easy to forget the name of a node when
To check an Info file, do @kbd{M-x Info-validate} while looking at any
node of the file with Emacs Info mode.
-@node Emacs Info Variables, , Checking, Expert Info
-@section Emacs Info-mode Variables
-
-The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in Emacs;
-you may wish to set one or several of these variables interactively, or
-in your @file{~/.emacs} init file. @xref{Examining, Examining and Setting
-Variables, Examining and Setting Variables, emacs, The GNU Emacs
-Manual}. The stand-alone Info reader program has its own set of
-variables, described in @ref{Variables,, Manipulating Variables,
-info-stnd, GNU Info}.
-
-@vtable @code
-@item Info-directory-list
-The list of directories to search for Info files. Each element is a
-string (directory name) or @code{nil} (try default directory). If not
-initialized Info uses the environment variable @env{INFOPATH} to
-initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no
-@env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment.
-
-If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs
-Info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH}
-environment variable, since that applies to both programs.
-
-@item Info-additional-directory-list
-A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files.
-These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file.
-
-@item Info-mode-hook
-Hooks run when @code{Info-mode} is called. By default, it contains
-the hook @code{turn-on-font-lock} which enables highlighting of Info
-files. You can change how the highlighting looks by customizing the
-faces @code{info-node}, @code{info-xref}, @code{info-xref-visited},
-@code{info-header-xref}, @code{info-header-node}, @code{info-menu-header},
-@code{info-menu-star}, and @code{info-title-@var{n}} (where @var{n}
-is the level of the section, a number between 1 and 4). To customize
-a face, type @kbd{M-x customize-face @key{RET} @var{face} @key{RET}},
-where @var{face} is one of the face names listed here.
-
-@item Info-fontify-maximum-menu-size
-Maximum size of menu to fontify if @code{font-lock-mode} is non-@code{nil}.
-
-@item Info-fontify-visited-nodes
-If non-@code{nil}, menu items and cross-references pointing to visited
-nodes are displayed in the @code{info-xref-visited} face.
-
-@item Info-use-header-line
-If non-@code{nil}, Emacs puts in the Info buffer a header line showing
-the @samp{Next}, @samp{Prev}, and @samp{Up} links. A header line does
-not scroll with the rest of the buffer, making these links always
-visible.
-
-@item Info-hide-note-references
-As explained in earlier nodes, the Emacs version of Info normally
-hides some text in menus and cross-references. You can completely
-disable this feature, by setting this option to @code{nil}. Setting
-it to a value that is neither @code{nil} nor @code{t} produces an
-intermediate behavior, hiding a limited amount of text, but showing
-all text that could potentially be useful.
-
-@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}.
-
-@item Info-isearch-search
-If non-@code{nil}, isearch in Info searches through multiple nodes.
-
-@item Info-enable-active-nodes
-When set to a non-@code{nil} value, allows Info to execute Lisp code
-associated with nodes. The Lisp code is executed when the node is
-selected. The Lisp code to be executed should follow the node
-delimiter (the @samp{DEL} character) and an @samp{execute: } tag, like
-this:
-
-@example
-^_execute: (message "This is an active node!")
-@end example
-
-@item Info-enable-edit
-Set to @code{nil}, disables the @samp{e} (@code{Info-edit}) command. A
-non-@code{nil} value enables it. @xref{Add, Edit}.
-@end vtable
-
-
-@node Creating an Info File
-@chapter Creating an Info File from a Texinfo File
-
-@code{makeinfo} is a utility that converts a Texinfo file into an Info
-file; @code{texinfo-format-region} and @code{texinfo-format-buffer} are
-GNU Emacs functions that do the same.
-
-@xref{Top,, Overview of Texinfo, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
-Documentation Format}, to learn how to write a Texinfo file.
-
-@xref{Creating an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU Documentation
-Format}, to learn how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file.
-
-@xref{Installing an Info File,,, texinfo, Texinfo: The GNU
-Documentation Format}, to learn how to install an Info file after you
-have created one.
-
@node Index
@unnumbered Index