From: Glenn Morris Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:50:15 +0000 (-0800) Subject: * doc/misc/info.texi (Create Info buffer): Mention info-display-manual. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-24.0.94~219 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2ebc3b941e3ddcacec46e622b4eeeee5d61cb700;p=emacs.git * doc/misc/info.texi (Create Info buffer): Mention info-display-manual. * etc/NEWS: Related edits. --- diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 3458a8865fb..29d18af112e 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-02-09 Glenn Morris + + * info.texi (Create Info buffer): Mention info-display-manual. + 2012-02-07 Lars Ingebrigtsen * gnus.texi (Mail Source Specifiers): Add a pop3 via an SSH tunnel diff --git a/doc/misc/info.texi b/doc/misc/info.texi index 7ce874d2941..02a209d484a 100644 --- a/doc/misc/info.texi +++ b/doc/misc/info.texi @@ -1142,6 +1142,12 @@ prefix argument for the @kbd{C-h i} command (@code{info}) which switches to the Info buffer with that number. Thus, @kbd{C-u 2 C-h i} switches to the buffer @samp{*info*<2>}, creating it if necessary. +@findex info-display-manual + If you have created many Info buffers in Emacs, you might find it +difficult to remember which buffer is showing which manual. You can +use the command @kbd{M-x info-display-manual} to show an Info manual +by name, reusing an existing buffer if one exists. + @node Emacs Info Variables, , Create Info buffer, Advanced @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Emacs Info-mode Variables diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index e3e74987611..df1f4be2b32 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -742,13 +742,12 @@ Animation plays once, unless the option `image-animate-loop' is non-nil. ** Info -*** New command `info-display-manual' displays an Info manual -specified by its name. If that manual is already visited in some Info -buffer within the current session, the command will display that -buffer. Otherwise, it will load the manual and display it. This is -handy if you have many manuals in many Info buffers, and don't -remember the name of the buffer visiting the manual you want to -consult. ++++ +*** New command `info-display-manual' displays a named Info manual. +If that manual is already visited in some Info buffer, it displays +that buffer. (This is handy if you have many manuals in many *info* +buffers, and don't remember the name of the buffer visiting the manual +you want to consult.) Otherwise, it loads and displays the manual. +++ *** `e' is now bound to `end-of-buffer' rather than to `Info-edit'.