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Re: Open info file directly in emacs info reader


From: Pascal Bourguignon
Subject: Re: Open info file directly in emacs info reader
Date: 14 Aug 2004 21:50:10 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> I've forgotten how to open an *.info file directly within emacs info
> reader.   I mean one that is not listed in C-h i. 
> 
> And not getting good start at:
> 
> M-x Info-<SPC> or
> C-h v Info-<spc>

Yes, I too have always difficulties to (re)find how to do it.

It's because of having a public find-info-file or whatever command
that could be found with apropos, they've implemented the feature with
a prefix argument. Silly if you ask me. 

So the answer is to use C-u:   C-u C-h i


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__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/

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stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we.


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