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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/info/info.info b/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/info/info.info deleted file mode 100644 index b6fd850..0000000 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/info/info.info +++ /dev/null @@ -1,777 +0,0 @@ -This is Info file info.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the input -file info.texi. - - This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU -documentation system. - - Copyright (C) 1989, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - - Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this -manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are -preserved on all copies. - - Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of -this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that -the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a -permission notice identical to this one. - - Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this -manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified -versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a -translation approved by the Free Software Foundation. - - -File: info.info, Node: Top, Next: Getting Started, Prev: (dir), Up: (dir) - -Info: An Introduction -********************* - - Info is a program for reading documentation, which you are using now. - - To learn how to use Info, type the command `h'. It brings you to a -programmed instruction sequence. - - To learn advanced Info commands, type `n' twice. This brings you to -`Info for Experts', skipping over the . `Getting Started' chapter. - -* Menu: - -* Getting Started:: -* Advanced Info:: -* Create an Info File:: - - -File: info.info, Node: Getting Started, Next: Advanced Info, Prev: Top, Up: Top - -Getting Started -*************** - - This first part of the Info manual describes how to get around inside -of Info. The second part of the manual describes various advanced Info -commands, and how to write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo file. -The third part is about how to generate Info files from Texinfo files. - -* Menu: - -* Help-Small-Screen:: Starting Info on a Small Screen -* Help:: How to use Info -* Help-P:: Returning to the Previous node -* Help-^L:: The Space, Rubout, B and ^L commands. -* Help-M:: Menus -* Help-Adv:: Some advanced Info commands -* Help-Q:: Quitting Info - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-Small-Screen, Next: Help, Up: Getting Started - -Starting Info on a Small Screen -=============================== - - Since your terminal has an unusually small number of lines on its -screen, it is necessary to give you special advice at the beginning. - - If you see the text `--All----' at near the bottom right corner of -the screen, it means the entire text you are looking at fits on the -screen. If you see `--Top----' instead, it means that there is more -text below that does not fit. To move forward through the text and see -another screen full, press the Space bar, SPC. To move back up, press -the key labeled `Rubout' or `Delete' or DEL. - - Here are 40 lines of junk, so you can try SPC and DEL and see what -they do. 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So now type an -`n'--just one character; do not type the quotes and do not type the -Return key, RET, afterward--to get to the normal start of the course. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help, Next: Help-P, Prev: Help-Small-Screen, Up: Getting Started - -How to use Info -=============== - - You are talking to the program Info, for reading documentation. - - Right now you are looking at one "Node" of Information. A node -contains text describing a specific topic at a specific level of -detail. This node's topic is "how to use Info". - - The top line of a node is its "header". This node's header (look at -it now) says that it is the node named `Help' in the file `info'. It -says that the `Next' node after this one is the node called `Help-P'. -An advanced Info command lets you go to any node whose name you know. - - Besides a `Next', a node can have a `Previous' or an `Up'. This -node has a `Previous' but no `Up', as you can see. - - Now it is time to move on to the `Next' node, named `Help-P'. - - >> Type `n' to move there. Type just one character; do not type -the quotes and do not type a RET afterward. - - `>>' in the margin means it is really time to try a command. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-P, Next: Help-^L, Prev: Help, Up: Getting Started - -Returning to the Previous node -============================== - - This node is called `Help-P'. The `Previous' node, as you see, is -`Help', which is the one you just came from using the `n' command. -Another `n' command now would take you to the next node, `Help-^L'. - - >> But do not do that yet. First, try the `p' command, which takes - you to the `Previous' node. When you get there, you can do an `n' -again to return here. - - This all probably seems insultingly simple so far, but *do not* be -led into skimming. Things will get more complicated soon. Also, do -not try a new command until you are told it is time to. Otherwise, you -may make Info skip past an important warning that was coming up. - - >> Now do an `n' to get to the node `Help-^L' and learn more. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-^L, Next: Help-M, Prev: Help-P, Up: Getting Started - -The Space, Rubout, B and ^L commands. -===================================== - - This node's header tells you that you are now at node `Help-^L', and -that `p' would get you back to `Help-P'. The node's title is -underlined; it says what the node is about (most nodes have titles). - - This is a big node and it does not all fit on your display screen. -You can tell that there is more that is not visible because you can see -the string `--Top-----' rather than `--All----' near the bottom right -corner of the screen. - - The SPC, DEL and `b' commands exist to allow you to "move around" in -a node that does not all fit on the screen at once. SPC moves forward, -to show what was below the bottom of the screen. DEL moves backward, -to show what was above the top of the screen (there is not anything -above the top until you have typed some spaces). - - >> Now try typing a SPC (afterward, type a DEL to return here). - - When you type the SPC, the two lines that were at the bottom of the -screen appear at the top, followed by more lines. DEL takes the two -lines from the top and moves them to the bottom, *usually*, but if -there are not a full screen's worth of lines above them they may not -make it all the way to the bottom. - - If you type a SPC when there is no more to see, it rings the bell -and otherwise does nothing. The same goes for a DEL when the header of -the node is visible. - - If your screen is ever garbaged, you can tell Info to print it out -again by typing `C-l' (`Control-L', that is--hold down "Control" and -type an L or `l'). - - >> Type `C-l' now. - - To move back to the beginning of the node you are on, you can type a -lot of DELs. You can also type simply `b' for beginning. - - >> Try that now. (I have put in enough verbiage to make sure you are - not on the first screenful now). Then come back, typing SPC -several times. - - You have just learned a considerable number of commands. If you -want to use one but have trouble remembering which, you should type a ? -which prints out a brief list of commands. When you are finished -looking at the list, make it go away by typing a SPC. - - >> Type a ? now. After it finishes, type a SPC. - - (If you are using the standalone Info reader, type `l' to return -here.) - - From now on, you will encounter large nodes without warning, and -will be expected to know how to use SPC and DEL to move around in them -without being told. Since not all terminals have the same size screen, -it would be impossible to warn you anyway. - - >> Now type `n' to see the description of the `m' command. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-M, Next: Help-Adv, Prev: Help-^L, Up: Getting Started - -Menus -===== - - Menus and the `m' command - - With only the `n' and `p' commands for moving between nodes, nodes -are restricted to a linear sequence. Menus allow a branching -structure. A menu is a list of other nodes you can move to. It is -actually just part of the text of the node formatted specially so that -Info can interpret it. The beginning of a menu is always identified by -a line which starts with `* Menu:'. A node contains a menu if and only -if it has a line in it which starts that way. The only menu you can -use at any moment is the one in the node you are in. To use a menu in -any other node, you must move to that node first. - - After the start of the menu, each line that starts with a `*' -identifies one subtopic. The line usually contains a brief name for -the subtopic (followed by a `:'), the name of the node that talks about -that subtopic, and optionally some further description of the subtopic. -Lines in the menu that do not start with a `*' have no special -meaning--they are only for the human reader's benefit and do not define -additional subtopics. Here is an example: - - * Foo: FOO's Node This tells about FOO - - The subtopic name is Foo, and the node describing it is `FOO's Node'. -The rest of the line is just for the reader's Information. [[ But this -line is not a real menu item, simply because there is no line above it -which starts with `* Menu:'.]] - - When you use a menu to go to another node (in a way that will be -described soon), what you specify is the subtopic name, the first thing -in the menu line. Info uses it to find the menu line, extracts the -node name from it, and goes to that node. The reason that there is -both a subtopic name and a node name is that the node name must be -meaningful to the computer and may therefore have to be ugly looking. -The subtopic name can be chosen just to be convenient for the user to -specify. Often the node name is convenient for the user to specify and -so both it and the subtopic name are the same. There is an -abbreviation for this: - - * Foo:: This tells about FOO - -This means that the subtopic name and node name are the same; they are -both `Foo'. - - >> Now use SPCs to find the menu in this node, then come back to -the front with a `b'. As you see, a menu is actually visible in its -node. If you cannot find a menu in a node by looking at it, then -the node does not have a menu and the `m' command is not available. - - The command to go to one of the subnodes is `m'--but *do not do it -yet!* Before you use `m', you must understand the difference between -commands and arguments. So far, you have learned several commands that -do not need arguments. When you type one, Info processes it and is -instantly ready for another command. The `m' command is different: it -is incomplete without the "name of the subtopic". Once you have typed -`m', Info tries to read the subtopic name. - - Now look for the line containing many dashes near the bottom of the -screen. There is one more line beneath that one, but usually it is -blank If it is empty, Info is ready for a command, such as `n' or `b' -or SPC or `m'. If that line contains text ending in a colon, it mean -Info is trying to read the "argument" to a command. At such times, -commands do not work, because Info tries to use them as the argument. -You must either type the argument and finish the command you started, -or type `Control-g' to cancel the command. When you have done one of -those things, the line becomes blank again. - - The command to go to a subnode via a menu is `m'. After you type -the `m', the line at the bottom of the screen says `Menu item: '. You -must then type the name of the subtopic you want, and end it with a RET. - - You can abbreviate the subtopic name. If the abbreviation is not -unique, the first matching subtopic is chosen. Some menus put the -shortest possible abbreviation for each subtopic name in capital -letters, so you can see how much you need to type. It does not matter -whether you use upper case or lower case when you type the subtopic. -You should not put any spaces at the end, or inside of the item name, -except for one space where a space appears in the item in the menu. - - Here is a menu to give you a chance to practice. - - * Menu: The menu starts here. - - This menu givs you three ways of going to one place, Help-FOO. - - * Foo: Help-FOO. A node you can visit for fun. -* Bar: Help-FOO. Strange! two ways to get to the same place. -* Help-FOO:: And yet another! ->> Now type just an `m' and see what happens: - - Now you are "inside" an `m' command. Commands cannot be used now; -the next thing you will type must be the name of a subtopic. - - You can change your mind about doing the `m' by typing Control-g. - - >> Try that now; notice the bottom line clear. - - >> Then type another `m'. - - >> Now type `BAR' item name. Do not type RET yet. - - While you are typing the item name, you can use the DEL character to -cancel one character at a time if you make a mistake. - - >> Type one to cancel the `R'. You could type another `R' to -replace it. You do not have to, since `BA' is a valid abbreviation. - - >> Now you are ready to go. Type a RET. - - After visiting Help-FOO, you should return here. - - >> Type `n' to see more commands. - - Here is another way to get to Help-FOO, a menu. You can ignore this -if you want, or else try it (but then please come back to here). - -* Menu: - -* Help-FOO:: - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-FOO, Up: Help-M - -The `u' command ---------------- - - Congratulations! This is the node `Help-FOO'. Unlike the other -nodes you have seen, this one has an `Up': `Help-M', the node you just -came from via the `m' command. This is the usual convention--the nodes -you reach from a menu have `Up' nodes that lead back to the menu. -Menus move Down in the tree, and `Up' moves Up. `Previous', on the -other hand, is usually used to "stay on the same level but go backwards" - - You can go back to the node `Help-M' by typing the command `u' for -"Up". That puts you at the *front* of the node--to get back to where -you were reading you have to type some SPCs. - - >> Now type `u' to move back up to `Help-M'. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-Adv, Next: Help-Q, Prev: Help-M, Up: Getting Started - -Some advanced Info commands -=========================== - - The course is almost over, so please stick with it to the end. - - 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 at a time. If you have been following directions, an `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'. - - >> 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, to `Help-M'). - - The `d' command 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. - - >> Try doing a `d', then do an `l' to return here (yes, *do* -return). - - Sometimes, in Info documentation, you will see a cross reference. -Cross references look like this: *Note Cross: Help-Cross. That is a -real, live cross reference which is named `Cross' and points at the -node named `Help-Cross'. - - If you wish to follow a cross reference, you must use the `f' -command. The `f' must be followed by the cross reference name (in this -case, `Cross'). You can use DEL to edit the name, and if you change -your mind about following any reference you can use `Control-g' to -cancel the command. - - Completion is available in the `f' command; you can complete among -all the cross reference names in the current node. - - >> Type `f', followed by `Cross', and a RET. - - To get a list of all the cross references in the current node, you -can type `?' after an `f'. The `f' continues to await a cross -reference name even after printing the list, so if you do not actually -want to follow a reference you should type a `Control-g' to cancel the -`f'. - - >> Type "f?" to get a list of the footnotes in this node. Then type -a `Control-g' and see how the `f' gives up. - - >> Now type `n' to see the last node of the course. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-Cross, Up: Help-Adv - -The node reached by the cross reference in Info ------------------------------------------------ - - This is the node reached by the cross reference named `Cross'. - - While this node is specifically intended to be reached by a cross -reference, most cross references lead to nodes that "belong" someplace -else far away in the structure of Info. So you cannot expect the -footnote to have a `Next', `Previous' or `Up' pointing back to where -you came from. In general, the `l' (el) command is the only way to get -back there. - - >> Type `l' to return to the node where the cross reference was. - - -File: info.info, Node: Help-Q, Prev: Help-Adv, Up: Getting Started - -Quitting Info -============= - - To get out of Info, back to what you were doing before, type `q' for -"Quit". - - This is the end of the course on using Info. There are some other -commands that are not essential or are meant for experienced users; -they are useful, and you can find them by looking in the directory for -documentation on Info. Finding them will be a good exercise in using -Info in the usual manner. - - >> Type `d' to go to the Info directory node; then type `mInfo' -and RET, to get to the node about Info and see what other help is -available. - - -File: info.info, Node: Advanced Info, Next: Create an Info File, Prev: Getting Started, Up: Top - -Info for Experts -**************** - - This chapter describes various advanced Info commands, and how to -write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo file. (However, in most -cases, writing a Texinfo file is better, since you can use it *both* to -generate an Info file and to make a printed manual. *Note Overview of -Texinfo: (texinfo)Top.) - -* Menu: - -* Expert:: Advanced Info commands: g, s, e, and 1 - 5. -* Add:: Describes how to add new nodes to the hierarchy. - Also tells what nodes look like. -* Menus:: How to add to or create menus in Info nodes. -* Cross-refs:: How to add cross-references to Info nodes. -* Tags:: How to make tag tables for Info files. -* Checking:: Checking an Info File - - -File: info.info, Node: Expert, Next: Add, Up: Advanced Info - -Advanced Info Commands -====================== - - `g', `s', `1', - `5', and `e' - - If you know a node's name, you can go there by typing `g', the name, -and RET. Thus, `gTopRET' would go to the node called `Top' in this -file (its directory node). `gExpertRET' would come back here. - - Unlike `m', `g' does not allow the use of abbreviations. - - To go to a node in another file, you can include the filename in the -node name by putting it at the front, in parentheses. Thus, -`g(dir)TopRET' would go to the Info Directory node, which is node `Top' -in the file `dir'. - - The node name `*' specifies the whole file. So you can look at all -of the current file by typing `g*RET' or all of any other file with -`g(FILENAME)RET'. - - The `s' command allows you to search a whole file for a string. It -switches to the next node if and when that is necessary. You type `s' -followed by the string to search for, terminated by RET. To search for -the same string again, just `s' followed by RET will do. The file's -nodes are scanned in the order they are in in the file, which has no -necessary relationship to the order that they may be in in the tree -structure of menus and `next' pointers. But normally the two orders -are not very different. In any case, you can always do a `b' to find -out what node you have reached, if the header is not visible (this can -happen, because `s' puts your cursor at the occurrence of the string, -not at the beginning of the node). - - If you grudge the system each character of type-in it requires, you -might like to use the commands `1', `2', `3', `4', and `5'. They are -short for the `m' command together with an argument. "1", "2", "3", -"4", and "5". `1' goes through the first item in the current node's -menu; `2' goes through the second item, etc. Note that numbers larger -than 5 are not allowed. If the item you want is that far down, you are -better off using an abbreviation for its name than counting. - - The Info command `e' changes from Info mode to an ordinary Emacs -editing mode, so that you can edit the text of the current node. Type -`C-c C-c' to switch back to Info. The `e' command is allowed only if -the variable `Info-enable-edit' is non-`nil'. - - -File: info.info, Node: Add, Next: Menus, Prev: Expert, Up: Advanced Info - -Adding a new node to Info -========================= - - To add a new topic to the list in the directory, you must: - - 1. Create a node, in some file, to document that topic. - - 2. Put that topic in the menu in the directory. *Note Menu: Menus. - - The new node can live in an existing documentation file, or in a new -one. It must have a ^_ character before it (invisible to the user; -this node has one but you cannot see it), and it ends with either a ^_, -a ^L, or the end of file. Note: If you put in a ^L to end a new node, -be sure that there is a ^_ after it to start the next one, since ^L -cannot *start* a node. Also, a nicer way to make a node boundary be a -page boundary as well is to put a ^L *right after* the ^_. - - The ^_ starting a node must be followed by a newline or a ^L -newline, after which comes the node's header line. The header line -must give the node's name (by which Info finds it), and state the names -of the `Next', `Previous', and `Up' nodes (if there are any). As you -can see, this node's `Up' node is the node `Top', which points at all -the documentation for Info. The `Next' node is `Menus'. - - The keywords "Node", "Previous", "Up" and "Next", may appear in any -order, anywhere in the header line, but the recommended order is the -one in this sentence. Each keyword must be followed by a colon, spaces -and tabs, and then the appropriate name. The name may be terminated -with a tab, a comma, or a newline. A space does not end it; node names -may contain spaces. The case of letters in the names is insignificant. - - A node name has two forms. A node in the current file is named by -what appears after the `Node: ' in that node's first line. For -example, this node's name is `Add'. A node in another file is named by -`(FILENAME)NODE-WITHIN-FILE', as in `(info)Add' for this node. If the -file name is relative, it is taken starting from the standard Info file -directory of your site. The name `(FILENAME)Top' can be abbreviated to -just `(FILENAME)'. By convention, the name `Top' is used for the -"highest" node in any single file--the node whose `Up' points out of -the file. The Directory node is `(dir)'. The `Top' node of a document -file listed in the Directory should have an `Up: (dir)' in it. - - The node name `*' is special: it refers to the entire file. Thus, -`g*' shows you the whole current file. The use of the node `*' is to -make it possible to make old-fashioned, unstructured files into nodes -of the tree. - - The `Node:' name, in which a node states its own name, must not -contain a filename, since Info when searching for a node does not -expect one to be there. The `Next', `Previous' and `Up' names may -contain them. In this node, since the `Up' node is in the same file, -it was not necessary to use one. - - Note that the nodes in this file have a file name in the header -line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments -to help identify the node for the user. - - -File: info.info, Node: Menus, Next: Cross-refs, Prev: Add, Up: Advanced Info - -How to Create Menus -=================== - - Any node in the Info hierarchy may have a "menu"--a list of subnodes. -The `m' command searches the current node's menu for the topic which it -reads from the terminal. - - A menu begins with a line starting with `* Menu:'. The rest of the -line is a comment. After the starting line, every line that begins -with a `* ' lists a single topic. The name of the topic-the argument -that the user must give to the `m' command to select this topic--comes -right after the star and space, and is followed by a colon, spaces and -tabs, and the name of the node which discusses that topic. The node -name, like node names following `Next', `Previous' and `Up', may be -terminated with a tab, comma, or newline; it may also be terminated -with a period. - - If the node name and topic name are the same, than rather than -giving the name twice, the abbreviation `* NAME::' may be used (and -should be used, whenever possible, as it reduces the visual clutter in -the menu). - - It is considerate to choose the topic names so that they differ from -each other very near the beginning--this allows the user to type short -abbreviations. In a long menu, it is a good idea to capitalize the -beginning of each item name which is the minimum acceptable -abbreviation for it (a long menu is more than 5 or so entries). - - The nodes listed in a node's menu are called its "subnodes", and it -is their "superior". They should each have an `Up:' pointing at the -superior. It is often useful to arrange all or most of the subnodes in -a sequence of `Next' and `Previous' pointers so that someone who wants -to see them all need not keep revisiting the Menu. - - The Info Directory is simply the menu of the node `(dir)Top'--that -is, node `Top' in file `.../info/dir'. You can put new entries in that -menu just like any other menu. The Info Directory is *not* the same as -the file directory called `info'. It happens that many of Info's files -live on that file directory, but they do not have to; and files on that -directory are not automatically listed in the Info Directory node. - - Also, although the Info node graph is claimed to be a "hierarchy", -in fact it can be *any* directed graph. Shared structures and pointer -cycles are perfectly possible, and can be used if they are appropriate -to the meaning to be expressed. There is no need for all the nodes in -a file to form a connected structure. In fact, this file has two -connected components. You are in one of them, which is under the node -`Top'; the other contains the node `Help' which the `h' command goes -to. In fact, since there is no garbage collector, nothing terrible -happens if a substructure is not pointed to, but such a substructure is -rather useless since nobody can ever find out that it exists. - - -File: info.info, Node: Cross-refs, Next: Tags, Prev: Menus, Up: Advanced Info - -Creating Cross References -========================= - - A cross reference can be placed anywhere in the text, unlike a menu -item which must go at the front of a line. A cross reference looks -like a menu item except that it has `*note' instead of `*'. It -*cannot* be terminated by a `)', because `)''s are so often part of -node names. If you wish to enclose a cross reference in parentheses, -terminate it with a period first. Here are two examples of cross -references pointers: - - *Note details: commands. (See *note 3: Full Proof.) - - They are just examples. The places they "lead to" do not really -exist! - - -File: info.info, Node: Tags, Next: Checking, Prev: Cross-refs, Up: Advanced Info - -Tag Tables for Info Files -========================= - - You can speed up the access to nodes of a large Info file by giving -it a tag table. Unlike the tag table for a program, the tag table for -an Info file lives inside the file itself and is used automatically -whenever Info reads in the file. - - To make a tag table, go to a node in the file using Emacs Info mode -and type `M-x Info-tagify'. Then you must use `C-x C-s' to save the -file. - - Once the Info file has a tag table, you must make certain it is up -to date. If, as a result of deletion of text, any node moves back more -than a thousand characters in the file from the position recorded in -the tag table, Info will no longer be able to find that node. To -update the tag table, use the `Info-tagify' command again. - - An Info file tag table appears at the end of the file and looks like -this: - - ^_ - Tag Table: - File: info, Node: Cross-refs^?21419 - File: info, Node: Tags^?22145 - ^_ - End Tag Table - -Note that it contains one line per node, and this line contains the -beginning of the node's header (ending just after the node name), a DEL -character, and the character position in the file of the beginning of -the node. - - -File: info.info, Node: Checking, Prev: Tags, Up: Advanced Info - -Checking an Info File -===================== - - When creating an Info file, it is easy to forget the name of a node -when you are making a pointer to it from another node. If you put in -the wrong name for a node, this is not detected until someone tries to -go through the pointer using Info. Verification of the Info file is an -automatic process which checks all pointers to nodes and reports any -pointers which are invalid. Every `Next', `Previous', and `Up' is -checked, as is every menu item and every cross reference. In addition, -any `Next' which does not have a `Previous' pointing back is reported. -Only pointers within the file are checked, because checking pointers to -other files would be terribly slow. But those are usually few. - - To check an Info file, do `M-x Info-validate' while looking at any -node of the file with Emacs Info mode. - - -File: info.info, Node: Create an Info File, Prev: Advanced Info, Up: Top - -Creating an Info File from a Makeinfo file -****************************************** - - `makeinfo' is a utility that converts a Texinfo file into an Info -file; `texinfo-format-region' and `texinfo-format-buffer' are GNU Emacs -functions that do the same. - - *Note Creating an Info File: (texinfo)Create an Info File, to learn -how to create an Info file from a Texinfo file. - - *Note Overview of Texinfo: (texinfo)Top, to learn how to write a -Texinfo file. - - - -Tag Table: -Node: Top913 -Node: Getting Started1431 -Node: Help-Small-Screen2179 -Node: Help3921 -Node: Help-P4949 -Node: Help-^L5811 -Node: Help-M8462 -Node: Help-FOO14030 -Node: Help-Adv14766 -Node: Help-Cross17148 -Node: Help-Q17794 -Node: Advanced Info18434 -Node: Expert19330 -Node: Add21601 -Node: Menus24635 -Node: Cross-refs27509 -Node: Tags28211 -Node: Checking29510 -Node: Create an Info File30434 - -End Tag Table |
