(info.info.gz) Help-Int

 
 Some intermediate Info commands
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    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 `m' command; then you can use the `m' command again
 in the index node to go to the node that describes the topic.
 
    There is also a short-cut Info command, `i', which does all of that
 for you.  It searches the index for a given topic (a string) and goes
 to the node which is listed in the index for that topic.   Info
 Search, for a full explanation.
 
    If you have been moving around to different nodes and wish to
 retrace your steps, the `l' command (`l' for "last") will do that, one
 node-step at a time.  As you move from node to node, Info records the
 nodes where you have been in a special history list.  The `l' command
 revisits nodes in the history list; each successive `l' command moves
 one step back through the history.
 
    If you have been following directions, ad `l' command now will get
 you back to `Help-M'.  Another `l' command would undo the `u' and get
 you back to `Help-FOO'.  Another `l' would undo the `m' and get you
 back to `Help-M'.
 
    In Emacs, `l' runs the command `Info-last'.
 
 >> Try typing three l's, pausing in between to see what each
    l does.  Then follow directions again and you will end up
    back here.
 
    Note the difference between `l' and `p': `l' moves to where _you_
 last were, whereas `p' always moves to the node which the header says
 is the `Previous' node (from this node, the `Prev' link leads to
 `Help-M').
 
    The `d' command (`Info-directory' in Emacs) gets you instantly to
 the Directory node.  This node, which is the first one you saw when you
 entered Info, has a menu which leads (directly or indirectly, through
 other menus), to all the nodes that exist.  The Directory node lists
 all the manuals and other Info documents that are, or could be,
 installed on your system.
 
 >> Try doing a d, then do an l to return here (yes,
    _do_ return).
 
    The `t' command moves to the `Top' node of the manual.  This is
 useful if you want to browse the manual's main menu, or select some
 specific top-level menu item.  The Emacs command run by `t' is
 `Info-top-node'.
 
    Clicking `Mouse-2' on or near a cross reference also follows the
 reference.  You can see that the cross reference is mouse-sensitive by
 moving the mouse pointer to the reference and watching how the
 underlying text and the mouse pointer change in response.
 
 >> Now type n to see the last node of the course.
 
     Advanced Info, for more advanced Info features.
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