info-stnd: Index Commands
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1 7 Index Commands
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1 GNU Info has commands to search through the indices of an Info file,
1 which helps you find areas within an Info file which discuss a
1 particular topic.
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1 'i' ('index-search')
1 Look up a string in the indices for this Info file, and select a
1 node to which the found index entry points.
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1 'I' ('virtual-index')
1 Look up a string in the indices for this Info file, and show all
1 the matches in a new virtual node, synthesized on the fly.
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1 ',' ('next-index-match')
1 Move to the node containing the next matching index item from the
1 last 'i' command.
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1 'M-x index-apropos'
1 Grovel the indices of all the known Info files on your system for a
1 string, and build a menu of the possible matches.
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1 The most efficient means of finding something quickly in a manual is
1 the 'i' command ('index-search'). This command prompts for a string,
1 and then looks for that string in all the indices of the current Info
1 manual. If it finds a matching index entry, it displays the node to
1 which that entry refers and prints the full text of the entry in the
1 echo area. You can press ',' ('next-index-match') to find more matches.
1 A good Info manual has all of its important concepts indexed, so the 'i'
1 command lets you use a manual as a reference.
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1 If you don't know what manual documents something, try the 'M-x
1 index-apropos' command. It prompts for a string and then looks up that
1 string in all the indices of all the Info documents installed on your
11 system. It can also be invoked from the command line; see ⇒
--apropos.
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