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@settitle GNU Info @value{VERSION}
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@comment $Id: info-stnd.texi,v 1.33 2002/03/02 15:03:54 karl Exp $
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This manual is for GNU Info (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}),
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a program for viewing documents in Info format (usually created from
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Texinfo source files).
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Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002,
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2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
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any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
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and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
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license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
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(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
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this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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@dircategory Texinfo documentation system
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* infokey: (info-stnd)Invoking infokey. Compile Info customizations.
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This file documents GNU Info, a program for viewing the on-line formatted
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versions of Texinfo files. This documentation is different from the
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documentation for the Info reader that is part of GNU Emacs. If you do
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not know how to use Info, but have a working Info reader, you should
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read that documentation first.
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Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99,
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2001, 02 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
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preserved on all copies.
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Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
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results, provided the printed document carries a copying permission
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notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
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(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the
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sections entitled ``Copying'' and ``GNU General Public License'' are
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included exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire
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resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation
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approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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@subtitle for version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}
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@author Brian J. Fox (bfox@@gnu.org)
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Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 93, 97, 98, 99, 2001, 02 Free Software Foundation
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This manual is for GNU Info version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}.
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
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preserved on all copies.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the
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sections entitled ``Copying'' and ``GNU General Public License'' are
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included exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire
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resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation
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approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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This file documents GNU Info, a program for viewing the on-line
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formatted versions of Texinfo files, version @value{VERSION}. This
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documentation is different from the documentation for the Info reader
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that is part of GNU Emacs.
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This manual is for Info version @value{VERSION}, updated @value{UPDATED}.
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This documentation is different from the documentation for the Info
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reader that is part of GNU Emacs. If you do not know how to use Info,
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but have a working Info reader, you should read the Emacs documentation
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first, as it includes more background information and a thorough tutorial.
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* Printing Nodes:: How to print out the contents of a node.
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* Miscellaneous Commands:: A few commands that defy categories.
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* Variables:: How to change the default behavior of Info.
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* Custom Key Bindings:: How to define your own key-to-command
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* Custom Key Bindings:: How to define your own key-to-command bindings.
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* Copying This Manual:: The GNU Free Documentation License.
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* Index:: Global index containing keystrokes,
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command names, variable names,
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and general concepts.
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@cindex index search, selecting from the command line
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@cindex online help, using Info as
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After processing all command-line arguments, go to the index in the Info
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file and search for index entries which matche @var{string}. If such an
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file and search for index entries which match @var{string}. If such an
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entry is found, the Info session begins with displaying the node pointed
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to by the first matching index entry; press @kbd{,} to step through the
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rest of the matching entries. If no such entry exists, print @samp{no
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interactively viewed. A value of @code{-} for @var{filename} specifies
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the standard output.
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@cindex colors in man pages
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@cindex ANSI escape sequences in man pages
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@cindex colors in documents
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@cindex ANSI escape sequences in documents
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@item --raw-escapes
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@itemx --no-raw-escapes
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Do not remove ANSI escape sequences from man pages. Some versions of
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Do not remove ANSI escape sequences from documents. Some versions of
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Groff, the GNU document formatter, produce man pages with ANSI escape
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sequences for bold, italics, and underlined characters, and for
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colorized text. By default, Info removes those escape sequences
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before it displays the man page. If your terminal supports these
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escapes, use @code{--raw-escapes} to let the terminal handle them and
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display the man pages with those attributes.
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colorized text. By default, Info lets those escape sequences pass
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through directly to the terminal. If your terminal does not support
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these escapes, use @code{--no-raw-escapes} to make Info remove them.
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@cindex replaying recorded keystrokes
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@item --restore=@var{dribble-file}
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(@xref{Custom Key Bindings},
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for a more general way of altering GNU Info's key bindings.)
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@cindex Info manual location
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@cindex Where is an Info manual?
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Show the filename that would be read and exit, instead of actually
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reading it and starting Info.
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@item @var{menu-item}
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@cindex menu, following
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@anchor{command-line menu items}
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@cindex moving the cursor
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Many people find that reading screens of text page by page is made
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easier when one is able to indicate particular pieces of text with some
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kind of pointing device. Since this is the case, GNU Info (both the
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Emacs and standalone versions) have several commands which allow you to
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move the cursor about the screen. The notation used in this manual to
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describe keystrokes is identical to the notation used within the Emacs
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manual, and the GNU Readline manual. @xref{Characters, , Character
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Conventions, emacs, the GNU Emacs Manual}, if you are unfamiliar with the
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Here's a short summary. @kbd{C-@var{x}} means press the @kbd{CTRL} key
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and the key @var{x}. @kbd{M-@var{x}} means press the @kbd{META} key and
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the key @var{x}. On many terminals th @kbd{META} key is known as the
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@kbd{ALT} key. @kbd{SPC} is the space bar. The other keys are usually
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called by the names imprinted on them.}.
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easier when one is able to indicate particular pieces of text with
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some kind of pointing device. Since this is the case, GNU Info (both
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the Emacs and standalone versions) have several commands which allow
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you to move the cursor about the screen. The notation used in this
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manual to describe keystrokes is identical to the notation used within
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the Emacs manual, and the GNU Readline manual. @xref{User Input,,,
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emacs, the GNU Emacs Manual}, if you are unfamiliar with the
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notation.@footnote{Here's a short summary. @kbd{C-@var{x}} means
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press the @kbd{CTRL} key and the key @var{x}. @kbd{M-@var{x}} means
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press the @kbd{META} key and the key @var{x}. On many terminals th
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@kbd{META} key is known as the @kbd{ALT} key. @kbd{SPC} is the space
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bar. The other keys are usually called by the names imprinted on
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The following table lists the basic cursor movement commands in Info.
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Each entry consists of the key sequence you should type to execute the
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You can easily select a node that you have already viewed in this window
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by using the @samp{l} command -- this name stands for "last", and
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by using the @samp{l} command---this name stands for ``last'', and
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window. This is handy when you followed a reference to another node,
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possibly to read about a related issue, and would like then to resume
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If you don't know what manual documents something, try the @kbd{M-x
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index-apropos}. It prompts for a string and then looks up that string
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in all the indices of all the Info documents installed on your system.
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It can also be invoked from the command line; see @ref{--apropos}.
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index-apropos} command. It prompts for a string and then looks up
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that string in all the indices of all the Info documents installed on
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your system. It can also be invoked from the command line; see
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remains in the original window. The variable @code{automatic-tiling}
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automatically, please @pxref{Variables, , automatic-tiling} for more
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@dfn{paste}, respectively.}. For an in depth discussion of killing and
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yanking, @pxref{Killing, , Killing and Deleting, emacs, the GNU Emacs
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@item @key{M-d} (@code{echo-area-kill-word})
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When set to @code{On}, footnotes appear and disappear automatically.
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This variable is @code{On} by default. When a node is selected, a
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window containing the footnotes which appear in that node is created,
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and the footnotes are displayed within the new window. The window that
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Info creates to contain the footnotes is called @samp{*Footnotes*}. If
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a node is selected which contains no footnotes, and a @samp{*Footnotes*}
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window is on the screen, the @samp{*Footnotes*} window is deleted.
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Footnote windows created in this fashion are not automatically tiled so
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that they can use as little of the display as is possible.
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else, they appear at the bottom of the node text. This variable is
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@code{Off} by default. When a node is selected, a window containing
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the footnotes which appear in that node is created, and the footnotes
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are displayed within the new window. The window that Info creates to
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contain the footnotes is called @samp{*Footnotes*}. If a node is
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