| 1 | .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.34. | 
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| 2 | .TH INFO "1" "December 2004" "info 4.8" "User Commands" | 
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| 3 | .SH NAME | 
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| 4 | info \- read Info documents | 
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| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
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| 6 | .B info | 
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| 7 | [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIMENU-ITEM\fR...] | 
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| 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
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| 9 | Read documentation in Info format. | 
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| 10 | .SH OPTIONS | 
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| 11 | .TP | 
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| 12 | \fB\-\-apropos\fR=\fISTRING\fR | 
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| 13 | look up STRING in all indices of all manuals. | 
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| 14 | .TP | 
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| 15 | \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR | 
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| 16 | add DIR to INFOPATH. | 
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| 17 | .TP | 
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| 18 | \fB\-\-dribble\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR | 
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| 19 | remember user keystrokes in FILENAME. | 
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| 20 | .TP | 
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| 21 | \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR | 
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| 22 | specify Info file to visit. | 
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| 23 | .TP | 
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| 24 | \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR | 
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| 25 | display this help and exit. | 
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| 26 | .TP | 
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| 27 | \fB\-\-index\-search\fR=\fISTRING\fR | 
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| 28 | go to node pointed by index entry STRING. | 
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| 29 | .TP | 
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| 30 | \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-node\fR=\fINODENAME\fR | 
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| 31 | specify nodes in first visited Info file. | 
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| 32 | .TP | 
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| 33 | \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR | 
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| 34 | output selected nodes to FILENAME. | 
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| 35 | .TP | 
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| 36 | \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-raw\-escapes\fR | 
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| 37 | output "raw" ANSI escapes (default). | 
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| 38 | .TP | 
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| 39 | \fB\-\-no\-raw\-escapes\fR | 
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| 40 | output escapes as literal text. | 
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| 41 | .TP | 
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| 42 | \fB\-\-restore\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR | 
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| 43 | read initial keystrokes from FILENAME. | 
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| 44 | .TP | 
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| 45 | \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-show\-options\fR, \fB\-\-usage\fR | 
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| 46 | go to command\-line options node. | 
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| 47 | .TP | 
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| 48 | \fB\-\-subnodes\fR | 
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| 49 | recursively output menu items. | 
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| 50 | .TP | 
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| 51 | \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-where\fR, \fB\-\-location\fR | 
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| 52 | print physical location of Info file. | 
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| 53 | .TP | 
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| 54 | \fB\-\-vi\-keys\fR | 
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| 55 | use vi\-like and less\-like key bindings. | 
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| 56 | .TP | 
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| 57 | \fB\-\-version\fR | 
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| 58 | display version information and exit. | 
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| 59 | .PP | 
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| 60 | The first non\-option argument, if present, is the menu entry to start from; | 
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| 61 | it is searched for in all `dir' files along INFOPATH. | 
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| 62 | If it is not present, info merges all `dir' files and shows the result. | 
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| 63 | Any remaining arguments are treated as the names of menu | 
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| 64 | items relative to the initial node visited. | 
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| 65 | .SH EXAMPLES | 
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| 66 | .TP | 
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| 67 | info | 
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| 68 | show top\-level dir menu | 
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| 69 | .TP | 
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| 70 | info emacs | 
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| 71 | start at emacs node from top\-level dir | 
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| 72 | .TP | 
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| 73 | info emacs buffers | 
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| 74 | start at buffers node within emacs manual | 
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| 75 | .TP | 
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| 76 | info \fB\-\-show\-options\fR emacs | 
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| 77 | start at node with emacs' command line options | 
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| 78 | .TP | 
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| 79 | info \fB\-f\fR ./foo.info | 
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| 80 | show file ./foo.info, not searching dir | 
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| 81 | .SH "REPORTING BUGS" | 
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| 82 | Email bug reports to bug\-texinfo@gnu.org, | 
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| 83 | general questions and discussion to help\-texinfo@gnu.org. | 
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| 84 | Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ | 
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| 85 | .SH COPYRIGHT | 
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| 86 | Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | 
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| 87 | There is NO warranty.  You may redistribute this software | 
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| 88 | under the terms of the GNU General Public License. | 
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| 89 | For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING. | 
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