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authorKarl Berry2001-05-03 14:03:33 +0000
committerKarl Berry2001-05-03 14:03:33 +0000
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(Help-Cross): move to be a subnode of Cross-refs, instead of leaving it dangling.
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
6@syncodeindex vr cp 6@syncodeindex vr cp
7@syncodeindex ky cp 7@syncodeindex ky cp
8@comment %**end of header 8@comment %**end of header
9@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.11 2001/04/17 12:13:47 eliz Exp $ 9@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.20 2001/05/03 14:02:33 karl Exp $
10 10
11@dircategory Texinfo documentation system 11@dircategory Texinfo documentation system
12@direntry 12@direntry
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ To learn advanced Info commands, type @kbd{n} twice. This brings you to
91* Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader. 91* Getting Started:: Getting started using an Info reader.
92* Advanced Info:: Advanced commands within Info. 92* Advanced Info:: Advanced commands within Info.
93* Creating an Info File:: How to make your own Info file. 93* Creating an Info File:: How to make your own Info file.
94* Index:: An Index of topics, commands, and variables. 94* Index:: An index of topics, commands, and variables.
95@end menu 95@end menu
96 96
97@node Getting Started, Advanced Info, Top, Top 97@node Getting Started, Advanced Info, Top, Top
@@ -771,55 +771,6 @@ underlying text and the mouse pointer change in response.
771@c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it. 771@c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it.
772@c It is an accident of the menu updating command. 772@c It is an accident of the menu updating command.
773 773
774@node Help-Cross, , , Help-Adv
775@subsection The node reached by the cross reference in Info
776
777 This is the node reached by the cross reference named @samp{Cross}.
778
779 While this node is specifically intended to be reached by a cross
780reference, most cross references lead to nodes that ``belong''
781someplace else far away in the structure of an Info document. So you
782cannot expect this node to have a @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} or
783@samp{Up} links pointing back to where you came from. In general, the
784@kbd{l} (el) command is the only way to get back there.
785
786@format
787>> Type @kbd{l} to return to the node where the cross reference was.
788@end format
789
790@node Help-Q, , Help-Adv, Getting Started
791@comment node-name, next, previous, up
792@section Quitting Info
793
794@kindex q @r{(Info mode)}
795@findex Info-exit
796@cindex quitting Info mode
797 To get out of Info, back to what you were doing before, type @kbd{q}
798for @dfn{Quit}. This runs @code{Info-exit} in Emacs.
799
800 This is the end of the basic course on using Info. You have learned
801how to move in an Info document, and how to follow menus and cross
802references. This makes you ready for reading manuals top to bottom,
803as new users should do when they learn a new package.
804
805 Another set of Info commands is useful when you need to find
806something quickly in a manual---that is, when you need to use a manual
807as a reference rather than as a tutorial. We urge you to make learn
808these search commands as well. If you want to do that now, follow this
809cross reference to @ref{Info Search}.
810
811Yet another set of commands are meant for experienced users; you can
812find them by looking in the Directory node for documentation on Info.
813Finding them will be a good exercise in using Info in the usual
814manner.
815
816@format
817>> Type @kbd{d} to go to the Info directory node; then type
818 @kbd{mInfo} and Return, to get to the node about Info and
819 see what other help is available.
820@end format
821
822
823@node Advanced Info 774@node Advanced Info
824@chapter Info for Experts 775@chapter Info for Experts
825 776
@@ -1151,6 +1102,60 @@ examples of cross references pointers:
1151@emph{These are just examples.} The places they ``lead to'' do not 1102@emph{These are just examples.} The places they ``lead to'' do not
1152really exist! 1103really exist!
1153 1104
1105@menu
1106* Help-Cross:: Target of a cross-reference.
1107@end menu
1108
1109
1110@node Help-Cross, , , Cross-refs
1111@subsection The node reached by the cross reference in Info
1112
1113 This is the node reached by the cross reference named @samp{Cross}.
1114
1115 While this node is specifically intended to be reached by a cross
1116reference, most cross references lead to nodes that ``belong''
1117someplace else far away in the structure of an Info document. So you
1118cannot expect this node to have a @samp{Next}, @samp{Previous} or
1119@samp{Up} links pointing back to where you came from. In general, the
1120@kbd{l} (el) command is the only way to get back there.
1121
1122@format
1123>> Type @kbd{l} to return to the node where the cross reference was.
1124@end format
1125
1126@node Help-Q, , Help-Adv, Getting Started
1127@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1128@section Quitting Info
1129
1130@kindex q @r{(Info mode)}
1131@findex Info-exit
1132@cindex quitting Info mode
1133 To get out of Info, back to what you were doing before, type @kbd{q}
1134for @dfn{Quit}. This runs @code{Info-exit} in Emacs.
1135
1136 This is the end of the basic course on using Info. You have learned
1137how to move in an Info document, and how to follow menus and cross
1138references. This makes you ready for reading manuals top to bottom,
1139as new users should do when they learn a new package.
1140
1141 Another set of Info commands is useful when you need to find
1142something quickly in a manual---that is, when you need to use a manual
1143as a reference rather than as a tutorial. We urge you to make learn
1144these search commands as well. If you want to do that now, follow this
1145cross reference to @ref{Info Search}.
1146
1147Yet another set of commands are meant for experienced users; you can
1148find them by looking in the Directory node for documentation on Info.
1149Finding them will be a good exercise in using Info in the usual
1150manner.
1151
1152@format
1153>> Type @kbd{d} to go to the Info directory node; then type
1154 @kbd{mInfo} and Return, to get to the node about Info and
1155 see what other help is available.
1156@end format
1157
1158
1154@node Tags, Checking, Cross-refs, Advanced Info 1159@node Tags, Checking, Cross-refs, Advanced Info
1155@comment node-name, next, previous, up 1160@comment node-name, next, previous, up
1156@section Tags Tables for Info Files 1161@section Tags Tables for Info Files