info(1)info(1)NAMEinfo - GNU's hypertext system
SYNOPSISinfo [ --option-name option-value ] nu-item...
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
DESCRIPTION
The GNU project has a hypertext system called Info which allows the
same source file to be either printed as a paper manual, or viewed
using info. It is possible to use the info program from inside Emacs,
or to use the stand-alone version described here. This manual page
gives a brief summary of its capabilities.
OPTIONS--directory directory-path
Add directory-path to the list of directory paths searched when
info needs to find a file. You may issue --directory multiple
times. Alternatively, you may specify a value for the environ‐
ment variable INFOPATH; if --directory is not given, the value
of INFOPATH is used. The value of INFOPATH is a colon separated
list of directory names. If you do not supply either INFOPATH
or --directory-path, info uses a default path.
-f filename
Specify a particular info file to visit. By default, info vis‐
its the file dir; if you use this option, info will start with
(FILENAME)Top as the first file and node.
-n nodename
Specify a particular node to visit in the initial file that info
loads. This is especially useful in conjunction with --file.
You may specify --node multiple times.
-o file
Direct output to file instead of starting an interactive info
session.
-h Produce a relatively brief description of the available info
options.
--version
Print the version information of info and exit.
menu-item
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 speci‐
fying the menu names which describe the path to that node. For
example,
info emacs buffers
first selects the menu item emacs in the node (dir)Top, and then
selects the menu item buffers in the node (emacs)Top.
COMMANDS
When in info the following commands are available:
h Invoke the Info tutorial.
? Get a short summary of info commands.
h Select the info node from the main directory; this is much more
complete than just using ?.
Ctrl-g Abort whatever you are doing.
Ctrl-l Redraw the screen.
Selecting other nodes:
n Move to the "next" node of this node.
p Move to the "previous" node of this node.
u Move to this node's "up" node.
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 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
?. If you type a few characters and then hit return info will
try to do a completion, and if it is ambigous use the first pos‐
sibility.
f Follow a cross reference. You are asked for the name of the ref‐
erence, using command completion as for m.
l Move to the last node you were at.
Moving within a node:
Space Scroll forward a page.
DEL Scroll backward a page.
b Go to the beginning of this node.
Advanced commands:
q Quit info.
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.
s Search through this info file for a specified string, and select
the node in which the next occurrence is found.
M-x print-node
Pipe the contents of the current node through the command in the
environment variable INFO_PRINT_COMMAND. If the variable does
not exist, the node is simply piped to lpr.
ENVIRONMENT
INFOPATHS
A colon-separated list of directories to search for info files.
Used if --directory is not given.
INFO_PRINT_COMMAND
The command used for printing.
SEE ALSOemacs(1)AUTHOR
Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
bfox@ai.mit.edu
MANUAL AUTHOR
Robert Lupton; updated by Robert J. Chassell.
rhl@astro.princeton.edu; bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu
7th December 1990 info(1)
