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info(1) info(1)
NNAAMMEE
info - GNU's hypertext system
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
iinnffoo [ ----ooppttiioonn--nnaammee ooppttiioonn--vvaalluuee ] mmeennuu--iitteemm......
CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
Copyright (C) 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
The GNU project has a hypertext system called _I_n_f_o which
allows the same source file to be either printed as a
paper manual, or viewed using iinnffoo.. It is possible to use
the iinnffoo program from inside Emacs, or to use the stand-
alone version described here. This manual page gives a
brief summary of its capabilities.
OOPPTTIIOONNSS
----ddiirreeccttoorryy ddiirreeccttoorryy--ppaatthh
Add ddiirreeccttoorryy--ppaatthh to the list of directory paths
searched when iinnffoo needs to find a file. You may
issue ----ddiirreeccttoorryy multiple times. Alternatively,
you may specify a value for the environment vari-
able IINNFFOOPPAATTHH;; if ----ddiirreeccttoorryy is not given, the
value of IINNFFOOPPAATTHH is used. The value of IINNFFOOPPAATTHH
is a colon separated list of directory names. If
you do not supply either IINNFFOOPPAATTHH or ----ddiirreeccttoorryy--
ppaatthh,, iinnffoo uses a default path.
--ff ffiilleennaammee
Specify a particular iinnffoo file to visit. By
default, iinnffoo visits the file ddiirr;; if you use this
option, iinnffoo will start with ((FFIILLEENNAAMMEE))TToopp as the
first file and node.
--nn nnooddeennaammee
Specify a particular node to visit in the initial
file that iinnffoo loads. This is especially useful in
conjunction with ----ffiillee.. You may specify ----nnooddee
multiple times.
--oo ffiillee
Direct output to ffiillee instead of starting an inter-
active iinnffoo session.
--hh Produce a relatively brief description of the
available iinnffoo options.
----vveerrssiioonn
Print the version information of iinnffoo and exit.
mmeennuu--iitteemm
iinnffoo treats its remaining arguments as the names of
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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 spec-
ifying the menu names which describe the path to
that node. For example,
iinnffoo eemmaaccss bbuuffffeerrss
first selects the menu item eemmaaccss in the node
((ddiirr))TToopp,, and then selects the menu item bbuuffffeerrss in
the node ((eemmaaccss))TToopp..
CCOOMMMMAANNDDSS
When in iinnffoo the following commands are available:
hh Invoke the Info tutorial.
?? Get a short summary of iinnffoo commands.
hh Select the iinnffoo node from the main directory; this
is much more complete than just using ??..
CCttrrll--gg Abort whatever you are doing.
CCttrrll--ll Redraw the screen.
Selecting other nodes:
nn Move to the "next" node of this node.
pp Move to the "previous" node of this node.
uu Move to this node's "up" node.
mm 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 iinnffoo will will try
to fill in the rest of the nodename. If you ask for
further completion without typing any more charac-
ters you'll be given a list of possibilities; you
can also get the list with ??.. If you type a few
characters and then hit return iinnffoo will try to do
a completion, and if it is ambigous use the first
possibility.
ff Follow a cross reference. You are asked for the
name of the reference, using command completion as
for mm..
ll Move to the last node you were at.
Moving within a node:
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SSppaaccee Scroll forward a page.
DDEELL Scroll backward a page.
bb Go to the beginning of this node.
Advanced commands:
qq Quit iinnffoo..
11 Pick first item in node's menu.
22 ---- 55 Pick second ... fifth item in node's menu.
gg Move to node specified by name. You may include
a filename as well, as ((FFIILLEENNAAMMEE))NNOODDEENNAAMMEE..
ss Search through this iinnffoo file for a specified
string, and select the node in which the next
occurrence is found.
MM--xx pprriinntt--nnooddee
Pipe the contents of the current node through the
command in the environment variable
IINNFFOO__PPRRIINNTT__CCOOMMMMAANNDD.. If the variable does not
exist, the node is simply piped to llpprr..
EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT
IINNFFOOPPAATTHHSS
A colon-separated list of directories to search for
iinnffoo files. Used if ----ddiirreeccttoorryy is not given.
IINNFFOO__PPRRIINNTT__CCOOMMMMAANNDD
The command used for printing.
SSEEEE AALLSSOO
eemmaaccss(1)
AAUUTTHHOORR
Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
bfox@ai.mit.edu
MMAANNUUAALL AAUUTTHHOORR
Robert Lupton; updated by Robert J. Chassell.
rhl@astro.princeton.edu; bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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