* doc/misc/info.texi (Getting Started): Add an index entry.

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diff --git a/doc/misc/info.texi b/doc/misc/info.texi
index 8d82757..6c227b3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/misc/info.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/info.texi
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
 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, 1996-2012 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
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ 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
@@ -79,6 +78,8 @@ Started' chapter.
 @end ifinfo
 @end ifnottex
 
+@insertcopying 
+
 @menu
 * Getting Started::             Getting started using an Info reader.
 * Advanced::                    Advanced Info commands.
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ Started' chapter.
 @node Getting Started, Advanced, Top, Top
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @chapter Getting Started
+@cindex Texinfo
 
 This first part of this Info manual describes how to get around inside
 of Info.  The second part of the manual describes various advanced
@@ -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
@@ -1105,7 +1108,7 @@ In the stand-alone reader, @kbd{0} goes through the last menu item;
 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.
@@ -1139,6 +1142,12 @@ prefix argument for the @kbd{C-h i} command (@code{info}) which
 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.
 
+@findex info-display-manual
+  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 there is one.
+
 @node Emacs Info Variables, , Create Info buffer, Advanced
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @section Emacs Info-mode Variables
@@ -1504,7 +1513,3 @@ topics discussed in this document.
 @printindex cp
 
 @bye
-
-@ignore
-   arch-tag: 965c1638-01d6-4156-9227-b10418b9d8e8
-@end ignore