* Index:: An index of topics, commands, and variables.
@end menu
-@node Getting Started, Advanced, Top, Top
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Getting Started
@chapter Getting Started
This first part of this Info manual describes how to get around inside
the course.
@end ifinfo
-@node Help, Help-P, Help-Small-Screen, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help
@section How to use Info
You are talking to the program Info, for reading documentation.
mouse button on the @samp{Next} link to do the same ``the mouse way''.
@end format
-@node Help-P, Help-^L, Help, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-P
@section Returning to the Previous node
@kindex p @r{(Info mode)}
the @samp{Next} link, to get to the node @samp{Help-^L} and learn more.
@end format
-@node Help-^L, Help-Inv, Help-P, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-^L
@section The Space, DEL, B and ^L commands
This node's mode line tells you that you are now at node
to visit the next node.
@end format
-@node Help-Inv, Help-M, Help-^L, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-Inv
@section Invisible text in Emacs Info
Before discussing menus, we need to make some remarks that are only
Now type @kbd{]} to go to the next node and learn about menus.
-@node Help-M, Help-Xref, Help-Inv, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-M
@section Menus and the @kbd{m} command
@cindex menus in an Info document
>> Now type @kbd{u} to move back up to @samp{Help-M}.
@end format
-@node Help-Xref, Help-Int, Help-M, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-Xref
@section Following Cross-References
@cindex cross references in Info documents
>> Now type @kbd{n} to learn more commands.
@end format
-@node Help-Int, Help-Q, Help-Xref, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-Int
@section Some intermediate Info commands
The introductory course is almost over; please continue
@c If a menu appears at the end of this node, remove it.
@c It is an accident of the menu updating command.
-@node Help-Q, , Help-Int, Getting Started
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Help-Q
@section Quitting Info
@kindex q @r{(Info mode)}
@end menu
-@node Search Text, Search Index, , Advanced
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Search Text
@section @kbd{s} searches Info documents
@cindex searching Info documents
by setting the variable @code{Info-isearch-search} to @code{nil}
(@pxref{Emacs Info Variables}).
-@node Search Index, Go to node, Search Text, Advanced
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Search Index
@section @kbd{i} searches the indices for specific subjects
@cindex searching Info indices
a string and then looks up that string in all the indices of all the
Info documents installed on your system.
-@node Go to node, Choose menu subtopic, Search Index, Advanced
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Go to node
@section @kbd{g} goes to a node by name
@kindex g @r{(Info mode)}
all of the current file by typing @kbd{g*@key{RET}} or all of any
other file with @kbd{g(@var{filename})*@key{RET}}.
-@node Choose menu subtopic, Create Info buffer, Go to node, Advanced
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Choose menu subtopic
@section @kbd{1}--@kbd{9} choose a menu subtopic by its number
@kindex 1 @r{through} 9 @r{(Info mode)}
@kbd{m} instead, and specify the name, or use @key{TAB} to quickly
move between menu items.
-@node Create Info buffer, Emacs Info Variables, Choose menu subtopic, Advanced
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Create Info buffer
@section @kbd{M-n} creates a new independent Info buffer in Emacs
@kindex M-n @r{(Info mode)}
use the command @kbd{M-x info-display-manual} to show an Info manual
by name, reusing an existing buffer if there is one.
-@node Emacs Info Variables, , Create Info buffer, Advanced
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Emacs Info Variables
@section Emacs Info-mode Variables
The following variables may modify the behavior of Info-mode in Emacs;
* Checking:: Checking an Info File.
@end menu
-@node Add, Menus, , Expert Info
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Add
@section Adding a new node to Info
To add a new topic to the list in the Info directory, you must:
line. The file names are ignored by Info, but they serve as comments
to help identify the node for the user.
-@node Menus, Cross-refs, Add, Expert Info
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Menus
@section How to Create Menus
Any node in the Info hierarchy may have a @dfn{menu}---a list of subnodes.
is not pointed to, but such a substructure is rather useless since nobody
can ever find out that it exists.
-@node Cross-refs, Tags, Menus, Expert Info
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Cross-refs
@section Creating Cross References
@cindex cross reference format
@end menu
-@node Help-Cross, , , Cross-refs
+@node Help-Cross
@subsection The node reached by the cross reference in Info
This is the node reached by the cross reference named @samp{Cross}.
>> Type @kbd{l} to return to the node where the cross reference was.
@end format
-@node Tags, Checking, Cross-refs, Expert Info
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Tags
@section Tags Tables for Info Files
@cindex tags tables in Info files
a @samp{DEL} character, and the character position in the file of the
beginning of the node.
-@node Checking, , Tags, Expert Info
+@node Checking
@section Checking an Info File
When creating an Info file, it is easy to forget the name of a node when