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== Advanced Command ==
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; {{Command|info-apropos}}
 
: Don't know where to go in Info? Try this command. For example, try {{Command|info-apropos RET compile RET}} to get some overview of compilation support in Emacs.
 
 
 
; {{CommandKeys|C-h r| info-emacs-manual}}
 
: Learn how to use [[GNU Emacs]]. Very detailed.
 
 
 
; {{CommandKeys|C-h i| info}}
 
: See the Info manuals of all packages that come with your [[GNU Emacs]], and of any third-party packages and external programs whose info files Info finds in its search path.
 
 
 
; {{Keys|i}}
 
: While in an Info buffer, jump to some topic of interest. To learn about [[regular expression]]s try {{Keys|C-h r}} and {{Keys|i regular TAB}}.
 
 
 
; {{Keys|I}}
 
: Same as {{Keys|i}} but gives you a list of links.
 
 
 
; {{Keys|L}}
 
: Try this if 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.
 
 
 
; {{Keys|C-u C-h i}}
 
: You have installed a [[:Category:Third Party Package|Third party package]]. It includes (or you have created with {{UnixCommand|makeinfo}}) an {{File|info}} file. This command allows you to browse this info file. To make the info file's contents permanently available in Info's top level, you can add the info file's containing directory to Info's search path using {{CustomizeVariable|Info-directory-list}}, or by editing the {{EnvironmentVariable|INFOPATH}} environment variable and re-starting Emacs.
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Self Help]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Intermediate]]
 

Revision as of 17:26, 11 August 2014

Info is the hypertext help/reference browser in GNU Emacs. You invoke its top level with [C-h i] (or M-x info).


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