Difference between revisions of "Info"

Revision as of 14:27, 30 March 2012

Info' is the Help browser in GNU Emacs. Think F1.

M-x info-apropos: Don't know where to go. Try this command. For example, try M-x info-apropos RET compile RET to get some overview of compilation support in Emacs. For those people who want to work, before getting degrees.

[C-h r] (or M-x info-emacs-manual): Learn how to use GNU Emacs. For those people who want to get degrees, before starting to work.

[C-h i] (or M-x info): See what manuals of all packages that come with your GNU Emacs

[i]: While in an info buffer, jump to some topic of interest. To learn about regular expressions try [C-h r] and {{Keys|i regular TAB}.

[L]
For the navel gazers. You are lost and overwhelmed by the amount of information available and you want to reflect on where all you went and how you got lost.

[C-u C-h i]: You have installed a Third party package. You have created an info file with make info' and want to browse the info file without much fuzz. You can M-x customize-variable RET Info-directory-list if you can get around to it. But it will take some time.

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 ; {{Keys|I}}
 : Same as {{Keys|i}} but gives you a list of links.
+; {{Keys|L}}
+; For the navel gazers. You are lost and overwhelmed by the amount of information available and you want to reflect on where all you went and how you got lost.
 [[Category:Self Help]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Intermediate]]
+; {{Keys|C-u C-h i}}
+: You have installed a [[:Category:Third Party Package|Third party package]]. You have created an '''info'' file with '''make info''' and want to browse the info file without much fuzz. You can {{CustomizeVariable|Info-directory-list}} if you can get around to it. But it will take some time.