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(info-stnd.info)Cursor Commands


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Moving the Cursor
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   Many people find that reading screens of text page by page is made
easier when one is able to indicate particular pieces of text with some
kind of pointing device.  Since this is the case, GNU Info (both the
Emacs and standalone versions) have several commands which allow you to
move the cursor about the screen.  The notation used in this manual to
describe keystrokes is identical to the notation used within the Emacs
manual, and the GNU Readline manual.  *Note Character Conventions:
(emacs)Characters, if you are unfamiliar with the notation(1).

   The following table lists the basic cursor movement commands in Info.
Each entry consists of the key sequence you should type to execute the
cursor movement, the `M-x'(2) command name (displayed in parentheses),
and a short description of what the command does.  All of the cursor
motion commands can take a "numeric" argument (see Note:
`universal-argument'.  With a numeric argument,
the motion commands are simply executed that many times; for example, a
numeric argument of 4 given to `next-line' causes the cursor to move
down 4 lines.  With a negative numeric argument, the motion is
reversed; an argument of -4 given to the `next-line' command would
cause the cursor to move _up_ 4 lines.

<C-n> (`next-line')
<DOWN> (an arrow key)
     Move the cursor down to the next line.

<C-p> (`prev-line')
<UP> (an arrow key)
     Move the cursor up to the previous line.

<C-a> (`beginning-of-line')
<Home> (on DOS/Windows only)
     Move the cursor to the start of the current line.

<C-e> (`end-of-line')
<End> (on DOS/Windows only)
     Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

<C-f> (`forward-char')
<RIGHT> (an arrow key)
     Move the cursor forward a character.

<C-b> (`backward-char')
<LEFT> (an arrow key)
     Move the cursor backward a character.

<M-f> (`forward-word')
`C-<RIGHT>' (on DOS/Windows only)
     Move the cursor forward a word.

<M-b> (`backward-word')
`C-<LEFT>' (on DOS/Windows only)
     Move the cursor backward a word.

<M-<> (`beginning-of-node')
<C-<Home>> (on DOS/Windows only)
<b>
<M-b>, vi-like operation
     Move the cursor to the start of the current node.

<M->> (`end-of-node')
<C-<End>> (on DOS/Windows only)
<e>
     Move the cursor to the end of the current node.

<M-r> (`move-to-window-line')
     Move the cursor to a specific line of the window.  Without a
     numeric argument, `M-r' moves the cursor to the start of the line
     in the center of the window.  With a numeric argument of N, `M-r'
     moves the cursor to the start of the Nth line in the window.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) Here's a short summary.  `C-X' means press the `CTRL' key and
the key X.  `M-X' means press the `META' key and the key X.  On many
terminals th `META' key is known as the `ALT' key.  `SPC' is the space
bar.  The other keys are usually called by the names imprinted on them.

   (2) `M-x' is also a command; it invokes `execute-extended-command'.
Note: Executing an extended command, for more detailed
information.


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