This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
documentation system.
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+Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996-2011
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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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.
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This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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@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
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,
@end ifinfo
@end ifnottex
+@insertcopying
+
@menu
* Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader.
* Advanced:: Advanced Info commands.
@node Search Text, Search Index, , Advanced
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@section How to search Info documents
+@section @kbd{s} searches Info documents
@cindex searching Info documents
@cindex Info document as a reference
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
@node Search Index, Go to node, Search Text, Advanced
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@section How to search the indices for specific subjects
+@section @kbd{i} searches the indices for specific subjects
@cindex searching Info indices
@kindex i @r{(Info mode)}
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
@printindex cp
@bye
-
-@ignore
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