Re: red star in info

[David Hansen]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:04:03 +0800 Dan Jacobson wrote:

> $ zcat /usr/share/info/emacs-snapshot/info.gz|grep -i 'red'
> Doesn't mention why some nodes, e.g.,
> * Creating an Info File::       How to make your own Info file.
> have a red star in front of them.

,----[ (info "(info)Expert") ]
|    If your display supports multiple fonts, and you are using Emacs'
| Info mode to read Info files, the `*' for the fifth menu item stands
| out, either in color or in some other attribute, such as underline, and
| so is the `*' for the ninth item; this makes it easy to see at a glance
| which number to use for an item.
`----

David