8.2 Selecting Xrefs

The following table lists the Info commands which operate on menu items.

1 (menu-digit)

2 … 9

M-1, vi-like operation

M-2 … M-9, vi-like operation

Within an Info window, pressing a single digit, (such as ‘1’), selects that menu item, and places its node in the current window. For convenience, there is one exception; pressing ‘0’ selects the last item in the node’s menu. When ‘--vi-keys’ is in effect, digits set the numeric argument, so these commands are remapped to their ‘M-’ varieties. For example, to select the last menu item, press M-0.

0 (last-menu-item)

M-0, vi-like operation

Select the last item in the current node’s menu.

m (menu-item)

Reads the name of a menu item in the echo area and selects its node. Completion is available while reading the menu label. See completion.

M-x find-menu

Move the cursor to the start of this node’s menu.

This table lists the Info commands which operate on cross-references.

f (xref-item)

r

Reads the name of a note cross-reference in the echo area and selects its node. Completion is available while reading the cross-reference label. See completion.

Finally, the next few commands operate on menu or note references alike:

TAB (move-to-next-xref)

Move the cursor to the start of the next nearest menu item or note reference in this node. You can then use RET (select-reference-this-line) to select the menu or note reference.

M-TAB (move-to-prev-xref)

BackTab

Shift-TAB (on DOS/Windows only)

Move the cursor the start of the nearest previous menu item or note reference in this node.

The BackTab key can be produced on some terminals with Shift-TAB.

RET (select-reference-this-line)

Select the menu item or note reference appearing on this line.