Using Info
What is the info program?
The info program is a documentation reader that allows linking between pages of the documentation.
It is available by typing "info" in a terminal on Linux. These notes are very basics for moving around. A more detailed tutorial is available within the program.
Moving Around Info
- [Space] : scroll down one screen. At end of screen in a single node, will go to next node.
- [Backspace] OR [Del] : scroll up one screen. At top of screen in single node, will go to previous node.
- n : Next page
- p : Previous Page
- b : "Beginning". Takes you to the beginning of a node.
- ? : List of basic commands
- q : Quit the info reader.
- u : Move up in the menu tree
- m menu_choice : Menu
- [Ctrl] g : Cancel input at command prompt
- [Tab] : Jump to next link.
- h : Start the tutorial
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