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1.6 Following Cross-References

In Info documentation, you will see many cross references. Cross references look like this: See section Cross. That text is a real, live cross reference, whose name is `Cross' and which points to the node named `Help-Cross'.

There are two ways to follow a cross reference. You can move the cursor to it and press RET, just as in a menu. RET follows the cross reference that the cursor is on. Or you can type f and then specify the name of the cross reference (in this case, `Cross') as an argument. In Emacs Info, f runs Info-follow-reference,

In the f command, you select the cross reference with its name, so it does not matter where the cursor was. If the cursor is on or near a cross reference, f suggests that reference name in parentheses as the default; typing RET will follow that reference. However, if you type a different reference name, f will follow the other reference which has that name.

>> Type f, followed by Cross, and then RET.

As you enter the reference name, you can use the DEL (or BACKSPACE) key to edit your input. If you change your mind about following any reference, you can use Control-g to cancel the command. Completion is available in the f command; you can complete among all the cross reference names in the current node by typing a TAB.

To get a list of all the cross references in the current node, you can type ? after an f. The f continues to await a cross reference name even after displaying the list, so if you don't actually want to follow a reference, you should type a Control-g to cancel the f.

>> Type f? to get a list of the cross references in this node. Then type a Control-g and see how the `f' gives up.

The TAB and M-TAB key, which move between menu items in a menu, also move between cross references outside of menus.