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authorKarl Berry <[email protected]>2006-06-19 20:53:29 +0000
committerKarl Berry <[email protected]>2006-06-19 20:53:29 +0000
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@@ -918,6 +918,15 @@ are using a stand-alone Info reader, there are additional commands
specific to it, which are documented in several chapters of @ref{Top,,
GNU Info, info-stnd, GNU Info}.)
+@kindex C-q @r{(Info mode)}
+ One advanced command useful with most of the others described here
+is @kbd{C-q}, which ``quotes'' the next character so that it is
+entered literally (@pxref{Inserting Text,,,emacs,The GNU Emacs
+Manual}). For example, pressing @kbd{?} ordinarily brings up a list
+of completion possibilities. If you want to (for example) search for
+an actual @samp{?} character, the simplest way is to insert it using
+@kbd{C-q ?}. This works the same in Emacs and stand-alone Info.
+
@menu
* Search Text:: How to search Info documents.
* Search Index:: How to search the indices for specific subjects.