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info --vi-keys bash  # show bash manual
info --vi-keys bash  # show bash manual
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{{ NOTE |
the builtin help menu very helpful.<br>
cannot find where --vi-keys are read from (compiled?), should configure myself }}


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Latest revision as of 04:01, 5 October 2021

GNU's successor to man pages.
Supports links between pages.
Built using texinfo.

Documentation

info docs https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/info-stnd/info-stnd.html
texinfo docs https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/index.html
home https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

Tutorials

gentoo wiki https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Info

Locations

~/.infokey custom keybindings
/usr/share/info/*.info.gz info pages

Usage

info --vi-keys bash  # show bash manual

NOTE:

the builtin help menu very helpful.
cannot find where --vi-keys are read from (compiled?), should configure myself

h             # help
j/k           # cursor up/down
alt + g       # open link under cursor

alt + (</>)  # top/bottom of section
g/G          # top/bototm of entire document