Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/12/06/03:38:24
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998 cbfalconer AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> but another delete retreats towards earlier topics. I believe this
> should remain in the node, or am I wrong here?
No, the behavior you see is correct. Look at the echo area (the last
line of the display, below the mode-line): it says ``Moving "Prev" in
this window''. The wording might need some work, but Info tells you
that it moved to the PREVious node.
Both <SPC> and <DEL> are not confined to the current node, they assume
you are moving through the entire document in a certain direction. If
you want to stay inside a node, use PageUp and PageDown instead.
> The next anomaly appears (same node) with the <?> command. The system opens
> another small window at the bottom of the screen. It is now
> impossible to get back to the earlier window (which sits passively
> truncated in the top half of the screen).
It's possible, you just need to be patient ;-).
You are reading the Info tutorial, and tutorials are written to hold
your hand all the way down the road. You need to trust your tutor and
do exactly as he/it says.
In this case, you need to press <SPC> until the longish list of all
info commands is exhausted. There, at the very end, you will see
this:
--- Use `l' or `C-x k' to exit ---
(that's an `ell' not the digit `1'). Got that?
If you want to switch to the upper part of the display, `C-x o' (`o'
for `other') will do that. These (and other) advanced commands aren't
explained in the tutorial, but <?> displays all of them; I suggest to
try every interesting command in that list.
The complete list of Info commands and features is described and
explained in the standalone Info program docs (choose the item called
"info program" in the "Texinfo" group from the main menu). You are
supposed to read this manual after you are done with the tutorial.
> I have not tried this out in the normal 25 line screen configuration yet.
The behavior of the program doesn't depend on the screen size.
> E-mail copies to the (edited) address BELOW would be appreciated, as my
> reception of this newsgroup is not especially reliable.
If you want email replies, please make a small effort and set up your
headers so that they include a real address. People who reply to many
messages, like myself, cannot afford to spend their time editing
anti-spam from addresses.
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