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diff --git a/texinfo/info/info.1 b/texinfo/info/info.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f95687303d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/texinfo/info/info.1 @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +.TH info 1 "7th December 1990" +.SH NAME +info \- GNU's hypertext system +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B info +[ +.B \-\-option-name option-value +] +.B \menu-item... +.SH COPYRIGHT +.if n Copyright (C) 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.if t Copyright \(co 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The GNU project has a hypertext system called +.I Info +which allows the same source file to be either printed as a +paper manual, or viewed using +.B info. +It is possible to use the +.B info +program from inside Emacs, or to use the stand-alone version described here. +This manual page gives a brief summary of its capabilities. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-\-directory directory-path +Add +.B directory-path +to the list of directory paths searched when +.B info +needs to find a file. You may issue +.B \-\-directory +multiple times. +Alternatively, you may specify a value for the environment variable +.B INFOPATH; +if +.B \-\-directory +is not given, the value of +.B INFOPATH +is used. The value of +.B INFOPATH +is a colon separated list of directory names. If you do not supply either +.B INFOPATH +or +.B \-\-directory-path, +.B info +uses a default path. +.TP +.B \-f filename +Specify a particular +.B info +file to visit. By default, +.B info +visits +the file +.B dir; +if you use this option, +.B info +will start with +.B (FILENAME)Top +as the first file and node. +.TP +.B \-n nodename +Specify a particular node to visit in the initial file that +.B info +loads. This is especially useful in conjunction with +.B \-\-file. +You may specify +.B \-\-node +multiple times. +.TP +.B -o file +Direct output to +.B file +instead of starting an interactive +.B info +session. +.TP +.B \-h +Produce a relatively brief description of the available +.B info +options. +.TP +.B \-\-version +Print the version information of +.B info +and exit. +.TP +.B menu-item +.B info +treats its remaining arguments as the names of menu items. +The first argument is a menu item in the initial node visited, +while the second argument is a menu item in the first argument's +node. You can easily move to the node of your choice by +specifying the menu names which describe the path to that node. +For example, + +.B info emacs buffers + +first selects the menu item +.B emacs +in the node +.B (dir)Top, +and then selects the menu item +.B buffers +in the node +.B (emacs)Top. +.SH COMMANDS +When in +.B info +the following commands are available: +.TP +.B h +Invoke the Info tutorial. +.TP +.B ? +Get a short summary of +.B info +commands. +.TP +.B h +Select the +.B info +node from the main directory; this is much more complete than just +using +.B ?. +.TP +.B Ctrl-g +Abort whatever you are doing. +.TP +.B Ctrl-l +Redraw the screen. +.PP +Selecting other nodes: +.TP +.B n +Move to the "next" node of this node. +.TP +.B p +Move to the "previous" node of this node. +.TP +.B u +Move to this node's "up" node. +.TP +.B m +Pick a menu item specified by name. Picking a menu item causes another +node to be selected. You do not need to type a complete nodename; if +you type a few letters and then a space or tab +.B info +will will try to fill in the rest of the nodename. If you ask for further +completion without typing any more characters you'll be given a list +of possibilities; you can also get the list with +.B ?. +If you type a few characters and then hit return +.B info +will try to do a completion, and if it is ambigous use the first possibility. +.TP +.B f +Follow a cross reference. You are asked for the name of the reference, +using command completion as for +.B m. +.TP +.B l +Move to the last node you were at. +.PP +Moving within a node: +.TP +.B Space +Scroll forward a page. +.TP +.B DEL +Scroll backward a page. +.TP +.B b +Go to the beginning of this node. +.PP +Advanced commands: +.TP +.B q +Quit +.B info. +.TP +.B 1 +Pick first item in node's menu. +.TP +.B 2 \-\- 5 +Pick second ... fifth item in node's menu. +.TP +.B g +Move to node specified by name. You may include a filename as well, +as +.B (FILENAME)NODENAME. +.TP +.B s +Search through this +.B info +file for a specified string, and select the node in which +the next occurrence is found. +.TP +.B M-x print-node +Pipe the contents of the current node through the command in the +environment variable +.B INFO_PRINT_COMMAND. +If the variable does not exist, the node is simply piped to +.B lpr. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +.B INFOPATH +A colon-separated list of directories to search for +.B info +files. Used if +.B \-\-directory +is not given. +.TP +.B INFO_PRINT_COMMAND +The command used for printing. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR emacs (1) +.SH AUTHOR +.RS +Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation +.br +bfox@ai.mit.edu +.SH MANUAL AUTHOR +.RS +Robert Lupton; updated by Robert J. Chassell. +.br +rhl@astro.princeton.edu; bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu |