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<span id="Customizing-Key-Bindings-and-Variables"></span><h2 class="chapter">14 Customizing Key Bindings and Variables</h2>

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<p>Info allows you to override the default key-to-command bindings and
variable settings described in this document.  (The <samp>--vi-keys</samp>
option rebinds many keys at once; see <a href="Invoking-Info.html#g_t_002d_002dvi_002dkeys">--vi-keys</a>.)
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<p>On startup, GNU Info looks for a configuration file in the invoker&rsquo;s
<code>HOME</code> directory called <samp>.infokey</samp>, i.e.,
<samp>~/.infokey</samp>.<a id="DOCF4" href="#FOOT4"><sup>4</sup></a>  If it is present, then Info adopts the key bindings
and variable settings contained therein.  To use an alternative
configuration file, use the <samp>--init-file</samp> option
(see <a href="Invoking-Info.html#g_t_002d_002dinit_002dfile">--init-file</a>).
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<p>Variables may also be set on the command line with the
<samp>--variable</samp> option (see <a href="Invoking-Info.html#variable_002dassignment">variable-assignment</a>).  Variable
settings on the command line override settings from the <samp>.infokey</samp>
file.
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<h5><a id="FOOT4" href="#DOCF4">(4)</a></h3>
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