X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/f67e15be8d94718b2e2ea7da68eb0b2dc94ce016..3107d2a58a15e7fe71f3ac56886a4a71a9af36db:/doc/misc/info.texi diff --git a/doc/misc/info.texi b/doc/misc/info.texi index 89229d61cd..68390a2f0c 100644 --- a/doc/misc/info.texi +++ b/doc/misc/info.texi @@ -14,22 +14,21 @@ This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU documentation system. -Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, -2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996-2011 +Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU 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. -(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and -modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Buying copies from GNU -Press supports the FSF in developing GNU and promoting software -freedom.'' +(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and +modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in +developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document @@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. @dircategory Texinfo documentation system @direntry -* Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing system. +* Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing system. @end direntry @titlepage @@ -64,9 +63,10 @@ The GNU Project distributes most of its on-line manuals in the probably using an Info reader to read this now. There are two primary Info readers: @code{info}, a stand-alone program -designed just to read Info files, and the @code{info} package in GNU -Emacs, a general-purpose editor. At present, only the Emacs reader -supports using a mouse. +designed just to read Info files (@pxref{Top,,What is Info?, +info-stnd, GNU Info}), and the @code{info} package in GNU Emacs, a +general-purpose editor. At present, only the Emacs reader supports +using a mouse. @ifinfo If you are new to the Info reader and want to learn how to use it, @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Started' chapter. @end ifinfo @end ifnottex +@insertcopying + @menu * Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader. * Advanced:: Advanced Info commands. @@ -1000,12 +1002,6 @@ 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 @@ -1054,6 +1050,13 @@ 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. +@findex Info-virtual-index +@kindex I @r{(Info mode)} +Emacs provides the command @code{Info-virtual-index}, bound to the +@kbd{I} key. This behaves like @kbd{i}, but constructs a virtual +info node displaying the results of an index search, making it easier +to select the one you want. + @findex info-apropos @findex index-apropos If you aren't sure which manual documents the topic you are looking @@ -1504,7 +1507,3 @@ topics discussed in this document. @printindex cp @bye - -@ignore - arch-tag: 965c1638-01d6-4156-9227-b10418b9d8e8 -@end ignore