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| .TH INFO "1" "February 2016" "info 6.1" "User Commands" |
| .SH NAME |
| info \- read Info documents |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B info |
| [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,MENU-ITEM\/\fR...] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Read documentation in Info format. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR |
| use all matching manuals. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-apropos\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR |
| look up STRING in all indices of all manuals. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR |
| add DIR to INFOPATH. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-dribble\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR |
| remember user keystrokes in FILENAME. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fI\,MANUAL\/\fR |
| specify Info manual to visit. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR |
| display this help and exit. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-index\-search\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR |
| go to node pointed by index entry STRING. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-node\fR=\fI\,NODENAME\/\fR |
| specify nodes in first visited Info file. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR |
| output selected nodes to FILE. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-raw\-escapes\fR |
| output "raw" ANSI escapes (default). |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-no\-raw\-escapes\fR |
| output escapes as literal text. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-restore\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR |
| read initial keystrokes from FILE. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-show\-options\fR, \fB\-\-usage\fR |
| go to command\-line options node. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-strict\-node\-location\fR |
| (for debugging) use Info file pointers as\-is. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-subnodes\fR |
| recursively output menu items. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-variable\fR VAR=VALUE |
| assign VALUE to Info variable VAR. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-vi\-keys\fR |
| use vi\-like and less\-like key bindings. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-version\fR |
| display version information and exit. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-where\fR, \fB\-\-location\fR |
| print physical location of Info file. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR |
| set debugging level (\fB\-1\fR for all). |
| .PP |
| The first non\-option argument, if present, is the menu entry to start from; |
| it is searched for in all 'dir' files along INFOPATH. |
| If it is not present, info merges all 'dir' files and shows the result. |
| Any remaining arguments are treated as the names of menu |
| items relative to the initial node visited. |
| .PP |
| For a summary of key bindings, type H within Info. |
| .SH EXAMPLES |
| .TP |
| info |
| show top\-level dir menu |
| .TP |
| info info |
| show the general manual for Info readers |
| .TP |
| info info\-stnd |
| show the manual specific to this Info program |
| .TP |
| info emacs |
| start at emacs node from top\-level dir |
| .TP |
| info emacs buffers |
| select buffers menu entry in emacs manual |
| .TP |
| info emacs \-n Files |
| start at Files node within emacs manual |
| .TP |
| info '(emacs)Files' |
| alternative way to start at Files node |
| .TP |
| info \-\-show\-options emacs |
| start at node with emacs' command line options |
| .TP |
| info \-\-subnodes \-o out.txt emacs |
| dump entire manual to out.txt |
| .TP |
| info \-f ./foo.info |
| show file ./foo.info, not searching dir |
| .SH "REPORTING BUGS" |
| Email bug reports to bug\-texinfo@gnu.org, |
| general questions and discussion to help\-texinfo@gnu.org. |
| .br |
| Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> |
| .br |
| This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. |
| There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| The full documentation for |
| .B info |
| is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the |
| .B info |
| program is properly installed at your site, the command |
| .IP |
| .B info info |
| .PP |
| should give you access to the complete manual. |
| (Or, if you have Emacs, M-x info will lead to the manual.) |