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