> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:15:37 +0100 > From: Ralf Wildenhues <[email protected]> > > `info info' tells me that I can put a brick on SPACE in order to speed > through a whole manual, front to back, in the info browser.
This is only true if the node structure in a manual is a tree. Most manuals are like this, but that's not necessary. > I tried > that with the texinfo manual itself. It gets stuck in the middle, > jumping from `12.1.3 listoffloats' back to `12.1.1 float'. Bug in info, > texinfo, or subtle hint that I am supposed to read about floating > environments a bit more yet? ;-) Looks like some kind of problem in Info, perhaps triggered by the fact that "float" and its parent "Floats" both begin with the same string. IIRC, when Info looks for a node, it is willing to accept a substring as an argument. > The fact that SPACE at the end of the Command and Variable Index gets me > back to `14.3.2 Ending a Sentence' seems a bit arbitrary, too. SPACE at the end of a node with a menu goes to the first menu item, which in "Command and Variable Index" happens to be "Ending a Sentence". It seems arbitrary because the order of menu items in an index is alphabetical by the index entry, it lacks any logical order. So this is intended behavior.
