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Following Cross-References
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   In Info documentation, you will see many "cross references".  Cross
references look like this: Note: Cross.  That text is a
real, live cross reference, whose name is `Cross' and which points to
the node named `Help-Cross'.

   There are two ways to follow a cross reference.  You can move the
cursor to it and press <RET>, just as in a menu.  <RET> follows the
cross reference that the cursor is on.  Or you can type `f' and then
specify the name of the cross reference (in this case, `Cross') as an
argument.  In Emacs Info, `f' runs `Info-follow-reference',

   In the `f' command, you select the cross reference with its name, so
it does not matter where the cursor was.  If the cursor is on or near a
cross reference, `f' suggests that reference name in parentheses as the
default; typing <RET> will follow that reference.  However, if you type
a different reference name, `f' will follow the other reference which
has that name.

>> Type f, followed by Cross, and then <RET>.

   As you enter the reference name, you can use the <DEL> (or
<BACKSPACE>) key to edit your input.  If you change your mind about
following any reference, you can use `Control-g' to cancel the command.
Completion is available in the `f' command; you can complete among all
the cross reference names in the current node by typing a <TAB>.

   To get a list of all the cross references in the current node, you
can type `?' after an `f'.  The `f' continues to await a cross
reference name even after displaying the list, so if you don't actually
want to follow a reference, you should type a `Control-g' to cancel the
`f'.

>> Type f? to get a list of the cross references in this node.  Then
   type a Control-g and see how the `f' gives up.

   The <TAB> and `M-<TAB>' key, which move between menu items in a
menu, also move between cross references outside of menus.