From f7118ec3a1ca887e9edb7c359464810c8bd4a57f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 08:43:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Help-Small-Screen): Mention Backspace. (Help-^L): Explain what does "Backspace or DEL" stand for. --- man/info.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/info.texi b/man/info.texi index 9c1571a243..76161e58d8 100644 --- a/man/info.texi +++ b/man/info.texi @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ @syncodeindex vr cp @syncodeindex ky cp @comment %**end of header -@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.16 2001/02/03 13:00:56 karl Exp $ +@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.9 2001/04/14 11:52:21 eliz Exp $ @dircategory Texinfo documentation system @direntry @@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ This is line 59 @end format If you have managed to get here, go back to the beginning with -@kbd{DEL}, and come back here again, then you understand Space and -DEL. 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 the course. +@kbd{DEL} (or Backspace), and come back here again, then you +understand Space and DEL. 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 the course. @end ifinfo @node Help, Help-P, Help-Small-Screen, Getting Started @@ -314,12 +314,18 @@ the bottom right corner of the screen. @kindex BACKSPACE @r{(Info mode)} @findex Info-scroll-up @findex Info-scroll-down - The Space, Backspace (or DEL) and @kbd{b} commands exist to allow -you to ``move around'' in a node that does not all fit on the screen -at once. Space moves forward, to show what was below the bottom of -the screen. DEL or Backspace moves backward, to show what was above -the top of the screen (there is not anything above the top until you -have typed some spaces). In Emacs, Space runs the command + The Space, Backspace (or DEL)@footnote{The key which 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 +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 +screen at once. Space moves forward, to show what was below the +bottom of the screen. DEL or Backspace moves backward, to show what +was above the top of the screen (there is not anything above the top +until you have typed some spaces). In Emacs, Space runs the command @code{Info-scroll-up}, while Backspace runs @code{Info-scroll-down}. @format -- 2.39.2