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+.TH info 1 "7th December 1990"
+.SH NAME
+info \- GNU's hypertext system
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B info
+[
+.B \-\-option-name option-value
+]
+.B \menu-item...
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.if n Copyright (C) 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if t Copyright \(co 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+The GNU project has a hypertext system called
+.I Info
+which allows the same source file to be either printed as a
+paper manual, or viewed using
+.B info.
+It is possible to use the
+.B info
+program from inside Emacs, or to use the stand-alone version described here.
+This manual page gives a brief summary of its capabilities.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-\-directory directory-path
+Add
+.B directory-path
+to the list of directory paths searched when
+.B info
+needs to find a file. You may issue
+.B \-\-directory
+multiple times.
+Alternatively, you may specify a value for the environment variable
+.B INFOPATH;
+if
+.B \-\-directory
+is not given, the value of
+.B INFOPATH
+is used. The value of
+.B INFOPATH
+is a colon separated list of directory names. If you do not supply either
+.B INFOPATH
+or
+.B \-\-directory-path,
+.B info
+uses a default path.
+.TP
+.B \-f filename
+Specify a particular
+.B info
+file to visit. By default,
+.B info
+visits
+the file
+.B dir;
+if you use this option,
+.B info
+will start with
+.B (FILENAME)Top
+as the first file and node.
+.TP
+.B \-n nodename
+Specify a particular node to visit in the initial file that
+.B info
+loads. This is especially useful in conjunction with
+.B \-\-file.
+You may specify
+.B \-\-node
+multiple times.
+.TP
+.B -o file
+Direct output to
+.B file
+instead of starting an interactive
+.B info
+session.
+.TP
+.B \-h
+Produce a relatively brief description of the available
+.B info
+options.
+.TP
+.B \-\-version
+Print the version information of
+.B info
+and exit.
+.TP
+.B menu-item
+.B info
+treats its remaining arguments as the names of menu items.
+The first argument is a menu item in the initial node visited,
+while the second argument is a menu item in the first argument's
+node. You can easily move to the node of your choice by
+specifying the menu names which describe the path to that node.
+For example,
+
+.B info emacs buffers
+
+first selects the menu item
+.B emacs
+in the node
+.B (dir)Top,
+and then selects the menu item
+.B buffers
+in the node
+.B (emacs)Top.
+.SH COMMANDS
+When in
+.B info
+the following commands are available:
+.TP
+.B h
+Invoke the Info tutorial.
+.TP
+.B ?
+Get a short summary of
+.B info
+commands.
+.TP
+.B h
+Select the
+.B info
+node from the main directory; this is much more complete than just
+using
+.B ?.
+.TP
+.B Ctrl-g
+Abort whatever you are doing.
+.TP
+.B Ctrl-l
+Redraw the screen.
+.PP
+Selecting other nodes:
+.TP
+.B n
+Move to the "next" node of this node.
+.TP
+.B p
+Move to the "previous" node of this node.
+.TP
+.B u
+Move to this node's "up" node.
+.TP
+.B m
+Pick a menu item specified by name. Picking a menu item causes another
+node to be selected. You do not need to type a complete nodename; if
+you type a few letters and then a space or tab
+.B info
+will will try to fill in the rest of the nodename. If you ask for further
+completion without typing any more characters you'll be given a list
+of possibilities; you can also get the list with
+.B ?.
+If you type a few characters and then hit return
+.B info
+will try to do a completion, and if it is ambigous use the first possibility.
+.TP
+.B f
+Follow a cross reference. You are asked for the name of the reference,
+using command completion as for
+.B m.
+.TP
+.B l
+Move to the last node you were at.
+.PP
+Moving within a node:
+.TP
+.B Space
+Scroll forward a page.
+.TP
+.B DEL
+Scroll backward a page.
+.TP
+.B b
+Go to the beginning of this node.
+.PP
+Advanced commands:
+.TP
+.B q
+Quit
+.B info.
+.TP
+.B 1
+Pick first item in node's menu.
+.TP
+.B 2 \-\- 5
+Pick second ... fifth item in node's menu.
+.TP
+.B g
+Move to node specified by name. You may include a filename as well,
+as
+.B (FILENAME)NODENAME.
+.TP
+.B s
+Search through this
+.B info
+file for a specified string, and select the node in which
+the next occurrence is found.
+.TP
+.B M-x print-node
+Pipe the contents of the current node through the command in the
+environment variable
+.B INFO_PRINT_COMMAND.
+If the variable does not exist, the node is simply piped to
+.B lpr.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.B INFOPATH
+A colon-separated list of directories to search for
+.B info
+files. Used if
+.B \-\-directory
+is not given.
+.TP
+.B INFO_PRINT_COMMAND
+The command used for printing.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR emacs (1)
+.SH AUTHOR
+.RS
+Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
+.br
+bfox@ai.mit.edu
+.SH MANUAL AUTHOR
+.RS
+Robert Lupton; updated by Robert J. Chassell.
+.br
+rhl@astro.princeton.edu; bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu