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GNU Info contains several commands which self-document GNU Info:
Read the name of an Info command in the echo area and then display a brief description of what that command does.
Read a key sequence in the echo area, and then display the name and documentation of the Info command that the key sequence invokes.
Read the name of a variable in the echo area and then display a brief description of what the variable affects.
Read the name of an Info command in the echo area, and then display a key sequence which can be typed in order to invoke that command.
get-help-window
)Create (or Move into) the window displaying *Help*
, and place
a node containing a quick reference card into it. This window displays
the most concise information about GNU Info available.
get-info-help-node
)Try hard to visit the node (info)Help
. The Info file
‘info.texi’ distributed with GNU Info contains this node. Of
course, the file must first be processed with makeinfo
, and then
placed into the location of your Info directory.
Here are the commands for creating a numeric argument:
universal-argument
)Start (or multiply by 4) the current numeric argument. ‘C-u’ is a good way to give a small numeric argument to cursor movement or scrolling commands; ‘C-u C-v’ scrolls the screen 4 lines, while ‘C-u C-u C-n’ moves the cursor down 16 lines. ‘C-u’ followed by digit keys sets the numeric argument to the number thus typed: C-u 1 2 0 sets the argument to 120.
add-digit-to-numeric-arg
)Add the digit value of the invoking key to the current numeric argument. Once Info is reading a numeric argument, you may just type the digits of the argument, without the Meta prefix. For example, you might give ‘C-l’ a numeric argument of 32 by typing:
C-u 3 2 C-l
or
M-3 2 C-l
add-digit-to-numeric-arg
To make a negative argument, type -. Typing - alone makes a negative argument with a value of -1. If you continue to type digit or Meta-digit keys after -, the result is a negative number produced by those digits.
- doesn’t work when you type in the echo area, because you need to be able to insert the ‘-’ character itself; use M-- instead, if you need to specify negative arguments in the echo area.
‘C-g’ is used to abort the reading of a multi-character key sequence, to cancel lengthy operations (such as multi-file searches) and to cancel reading input in the echo area.
abort-key
)Cancel current operation.
The ‘q’ command of Info simply quits running Info. Under ‘--vi-keys’ (see --vi-keys), you can also exit with ‘:q’ or ‘ZZ’.
quit
)Exit GNU Info.
If the operating system tells GNU Info that the screen is 60 lines tall, and it is actually only 40 lines tall, here is a way to tell Info that the operating system is correct.
Read a height value in the echo area and set the height of the displayed screen to that value.
On MS-DOS/MS-Windows, this command actually tries to change the dimensions of the visible screen to the value you type in the echo area.
Finally, Info provides a convenient way to display footnotes which might be associated with the current node that you are viewing:
show-footnotes
)Show the footnotes (if any) associated with the current node in another
window. You can have Info automatically display the footnotes
associated with a node when the node is selected by setting the variable
automatic-footnotes
. See section automatic-footnotes
.
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