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authorKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2004-02-18 01:52:26 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2004-02-18 01:52:26 +0000
commit6bdec92c6e2f5828bd9587cea0af161c074516d5 (patch)
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parent58ec79cfdf24cf6fa662768a42931ca042c54f85 (diff)
downloademacs-6bdec92c6e2f5828bd9587cea0af161c074516d5.tar.gz
(Help-Int): mention the new line number feature.
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@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
@syncodeindex vr cp
@syncodeindex ky cp
@comment %**end of header
-@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.36 2003/09/21 20:13:23 karl Exp $
@copying
This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
documentation system.
-Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
+Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
@@ -829,12 +828,16 @@ between local and remote links.
The introductory course is almost over; please continue
a little longer to learn some intermediate-level commands.
- Most Info files have an index, which is actually a large node that
-contains nothing but a menu. The menu has one menu item for each
-topic listed in the index. You can find the index node from the main
-menu of the file, with the @kbd{m} command; then you can use the
-@kbd{m} command again in the index node to go to the node that
-describes the topic.
+ Most Info files have an index, which is actually a large node
+containing little but a menu. The menu has one menu item for each
+topic listed in the index. (As a special feature, menus for indices
+may also include the line number within the node of the index entry.
+This allows Info readers to go to the exact line of an entry, not just
+the start of the containing node.)
+
+ You can get to the index from the main menu of the file with the
+@kbd{m} command; then you can use the @kbd{m} command again in the
+index node to go to the node that describes the topic you want.
There is also a short-cut Info command, @kbd{i}, which does all of
that for you. It searches the index for a given topic (a string) and
@@ -1046,7 +1049,7 @@ options, and key sequences that the program provides. If you are
looking for a description of a command, an option, or a key, just type
their names when @kbd{i} prompts you for a topic. For example, if you
want to read the description of what the @kbd{C-f} key does, type
-@kbd{iC-f@key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters
+@kbd{i C - f @key{RET}}. Here @kbd{C-f} are 3 literal characters
@samp{C}, @samp{-}, and @samp{f}, not the ``Control-f'' command key
you type inside Emacs to run the command bound to @kbd{C-f}.