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- INFO(L) ST Programmer's Manual INFO(L)
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-
- NAME
- info - display files formatted for use with with GNU info
- facility.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- info [ --file <name> ] [ --directory <dir> ] [ --node <name>]
- [ --output <name> ] [ --version ] [ -f <name> ] [ -d <dir>]
- [ -n <name> ] [ -o <name> ] [ menu-selection ... ]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Info formatted files are meant mainly for an info mode of
- GNU-emacs which gives simple hypertext-like capabilities for
- displaying on-line sizeable documents. Info provides most
- of it in a stand-alone program. Files used with info have
- to be prepared either by emacs function texinfo-format-
- buffer or by a companion makeinfo program. An optional
- argument `menu-selection' should be a name of one of menu
- entries in the first displayed node. For help in using info
- see on-line help and info on-line tutorial.
-
- OPTIONS
- All option flags have both long and short forms and are fol-
- lowed by value strings.
-
- --file <name>, -f <name>
- show named file. If this option is missing info will
- try to start with a file named `dir'. If full names
- are not specified explicitely info tries to find files
- to read along path which can be specified in an
- environment variable INFOPATH. See below.
-
- --directory <dir>, -d <dir>
- explicitely specify path to search for info files.
- Path format follows usual conventions for a specific
- OS.
-
- --node <name>, -n <name>
- start with a given node.
-
- --output <name>, -o <name>
- write a contents of the current node to a named file
- and exit.
-
- --version
- print current version of info and exit.
-
- COMMANDS
- The following keyboard commands are available when using
- info.
-
- q quit Info.
-
- ? show on-line help.
-
- h invoke info tutorial.
-
- n move to the `next' node of this node.
-
- p move to the `previous' node of this node.
-
- u move `up' from this node.
-
- m pick menu item specified by name. Picking a menu item
- causes another node to be selected.
-
- f follow a cross reference. Reads name of reference.
-
- l move to the last node you were at.
-
- d move to the `directory' node. Equivalent to `gDIR'.
-
- Space
- scroll forward a page.
-
- DEL scroll backward a page.
-
- b go to the beginning of this node.
-
- 1 pick first item in node's menu.
-
- 2 - 5
- pick second ... fifth item in node's menu.
-
- g move to node specified by name. You may include a
- filename as well, as (FILENAME)NODENAME.
-
- ( read full node name in a form (FILENAME)NODENAME and
- move to it.
-
- s search through this Info file for a specified string,
- and select the node in which the next occurrence is
- found.
-
- Ctl-P
- print the contents of this node
-
- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- Info reads the following environment variables. defined
- system defaults are used.
-
- INFOPATH
- path to search for info files to read. Option -d over-
- rides this specification.
-
- INFO_PRINT_COMMAND
- command to print nodes when `Ctl-P' key is used.
-
- Apart of that variables TERM and TERMCAP or TERMINFO will be
- used in a usual manner in order to determine characteristics
- of a display screen. Info does not run if terminal capabil-
- ities are not sufficient.
-
- SEE ALSO
- makeinfo(l), texindex(l)
-
- BUGS
- Continuation search works as long as search string is not
- modified and other commands are not called between searches.
- Otherwise search is restarted at the top of the current
- node.
-
- Enough memory is needed to read entirely the biggest
- displayed file.
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