info-stnd: The Mode Line
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1 9.1 The Mode Line
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1 A "mode line" is a line of inverse video which appears at the bottom of
1 an Info window. It describes the contents of the window just above it;
1 this information includes the name of the file and node appearing in
1 that window, the number of screen lines it takes to display the node,
1 and the percentage of text that is above the top of the window.
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1 Here is a sample mode line for a window containing a file named
1 'dir', showing the node 'Top'.
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1 -----Info: (dir)Top, 40 lines --Top-------------------------------------
1 ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^
1 (file)Node #lines where
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1 Truncation of long lines (as opposed to wrapping them to the next
1 display line, ⇒toggle-wrap Scrolling Commands.) is indicated by a
1 '$' at the left edge of the mode line:
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1 --$--Info: (texinfo)Top, 480 lines --Top--------------------------------
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1 When Info makes a node internally, such that there is no
1 corresponding info file on disk, the name of the node is surrounded by
1 asterisks ('*'). The name itself tells you what the contents of the
1 window are; the sample mode line below shows an internally constructed
1 node showing possible completions:
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1 -----Info: *Completions*, 7 lines --All---------------------------------
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