GNU Info 4.8

GNU Info

This manual is for GNU Info (version 4.8, 14 December 2004), a program for viewing documents in Info format (usually created from Texinfo source files).

Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being “A GNU Manual,” and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License.”

(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: “You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.”

This documentation is different from the documentation for the Info reader that is part of GNU Emacs. If you do not know how to use Info, but have a working Info reader, you should read the Emacs documentation first, as it includes more background information and a thorough tutorial.

• What is Info: What is Info?
• Invoking Info: Options you can pass on the command line.
• Cursor Commands: Commands which move the cursor within a node.
• Scrolling Commands: Commands for reading the text within a node.
• Node Commands: Commands for selecting a new node.
• Searching Commands: Commands for searching an Info file.
• Xref Commands: Commands for selecting cross references.
• Window Commands: Commands which manipulate multiple windows.
• Printing Nodes: How to print out the contents of a node.
• Miscellaneous Commands: A few commands that defy categories.
• Variables: How to change the default behavior of Info.
• Custom Key Bindings: How to define your own key-to-command bindings.
• Copying This Manual: The GNU Free Documentation License.
• Index: Global index containing keystrokes, command names, variable names, and general concepts.