GNU Info 4.12

GNU Info

If you do not know how to use Info, but have a working Info reader, you should read the Info manual before this one (see Getting Started), as it includes more background information and a thorough tutorial. This documentation describes the standalone Info reader that is part of the Texinfo distribution, not the Info reader that is part of GNU Emacs.

• What is Info: What is Info?
• Invoking Info: Options you can pass on the command line.
• Cursor Commands: Commands which move the cursor within a node.
• Scrolling Commands: Commands for reading the text within a node.
• Node Commands: Commands for selecting a new node.
• Searching Commands: Commands for searching an Info file.
• Xref Commands: Commands for selecting cross references.
• Window Commands: Commands which manipulate multiple windows.
• Printing Nodes: How to print out the contents of a node.
• Miscellaneous Commands: A few commands that defy categories.
• Variables: How to change the default behavior of Info.
• Custom Key Bindings: How to define your own key-to-command bindings.
• Index: Global index with keystrokes, command names, variable names, and general concepts.