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<span id="infokey-format-1"></span><h3 class="section">14.1 <code>infokey</code> format</h3>

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<p>Here is an example <samp>.infokey</samp> file which specifies the key
bindings that are activated by the <samp>--vi-keys</samp> option to Info 
(see <a href="Invoking-Info.html#g_t_002d_002dvi_002dkeys">--vi-keys</a>).
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">#info
g       first-node
G       last-node
\mb     beginning-of-node
\me     end-of-node
j       next-line
k       prev-line

f       scroll-forward-page-only
^f      scroll-forward-page-only
\m\     scroll-forward-page-only
z       scroll-forward-page-only-set-window

b       scroll-backward-page-only
^b      scroll-backward-page-only
w       scroll-backward-page-only-set-window

\kd     down-line
^e      down-line
^j      down-line
^m      down-line
\ku     up-line
^y      up-line
^k      up-line

d       scroll-half-screen-down
^d      scroll-half-screen-down
u       scroll-half-screen-up
^u      scroll-half-screen-up

^xn     next-node
^xp     prev-node
^xu     up-node
'       last-node
\mt     top-node
\md     dir-node

^xg     goto-node
I       goto-invocation-node

n       search-next
N       search-previous

\mf     xref-item
^xr     xref-item

\mg     select-reference-this-line
^x^j    select-reference-this-line
^x^m    select-reference-this-line

^c      abort-key

\mh     get-info-help-node

:q      quit
ZZ      quit

#echo-area
\mh     echo-area-backward
\ml     echo-area-forward
\m0     echo-area-beg-of-line
\m$     echo-area-end-of-line
\mw     echo-area-forward-word
\mx     echo-area-delete
\mu     echo-area-abort
^v      echo-area-quoted-insert
\mX     echo-area-kill-word
</pre></div>

<p>The file consists of one or more <em>sections</em>.  Each section starts with
a line that identifies the type of section.  The possible sections are:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>#info</code></dt>
<dd><p>Key bindings for Info windows.
The start of this section is indicated by a line containing just
<code>#info</code> by itself.  If this is the first section in the source
file, the <code>#info</code> line can be omitted.  The rest of this section
consists of lines of the form:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example"><var>string</var> whitespace <var>action</var> [ whitespace [ # comment ] ] newline
</pre></div>

<p>Whitespace is any sequence of one or more spaces and/or tabs.  Comment
is any sequence of any characters, excluding newline.  <var>string</var> is
the key sequence which invokes the action.  <var>action</var> is the name of
an Info command.  The characters in <var>string</var> are interpreted
literally or prefixed by a caret (<code>^</code>) to indicate a control
character.  A backslash followed by certain characters specifies input
keystrokes as follows:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>\b</code></dt>
<dd><p>Backspace
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\e</code></dt>
<dd><p>Escape (ESC)
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\n</code></dt>
<dd><p>Newline
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\r</code></dt>
<dd><p>Return
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\t</code></dt>
<dd><p>Tab
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\ku</code></dt>
<dd><p>Up arrow
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kd</code></dt>
<dd><p>Down arrow
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kl</code></dt>
<dd><p>Left arrow
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kr</code></dt>
<dd><p>Right arrow
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kU</code></dt>
<dd><p>Page Up
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kD</code></dt>
<dd><p>Page Down
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kh</code></dt>
<dd><p>HOME
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\ke</code></dt>
<dd><p>END
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\kx</code></dt>
<dd><p>Delete (DEL)
</p></dd>
<dt><code>\m<var>x</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Meta-<var>x</var> where <var>x</var> is any character as described above.
</p></dd>
</dl>

<p>Backslash followed by any other character indicates that character is to
be taken literally.  Characters which must be preceded by a backslash
include caret, space, tab, and backslash itself.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>#echo-area</code></dt>
<dd><p>Key bindings for the echo area.
The start of this section is indicated by a line containing just
<code>#echo-area</code> by itself.  The rest of this section has a syntax
identical to that for the key definitions for the Info area, described
above.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>#var</code></dt>
<dd><p>Variable initializations.  The start of this section is indicated by a
line containing just <code>#var</code> by itself.  Following this line is a
list of variable assignments, one per line.  Each line consists of a
variable name (see <a href="Variables.html">Variables</a>) followed by <code>=</code> followed by a
value.  There may be no white space between the variable name and the
<code>=</code>, and all characters following the <code>=</code>, including white
space, are included in the value.
</p></dd>
</dl>

<p>Blank lines and lines starting with <code>#</code> are ignored, except for
the special section header lines.
</p>
<p>Key bindings defined in the <samp>.infokey</samp> file take precedence over GNU
Info&rsquo;s default key bindings, whether or not &lsquo;<samp>--vi-keys</samp>&rsquo; is used.  A
default key binding may be disabled by overriding it in the <samp>.infokey</samp>
file with the action <code>invalid</code>.  In addition, <em>all</em> default
key bindings can be disabled by adding this line <em>anywhere</em> in the
relevant section:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">#stop
</pre></div>

<p>This will cause GNU Info to ignore all the default key commands for that
section.
</p>
<p>Beware: <code>#stop</code> can be dangerous.  Since it disables all default
key bindings, you must supply enough new key bindings to enable all
necessary actions.  Failure to bind any key to the <code>quit</code> command,
for example, can lead to frustration.
</p>
<p>The order in which key bindings are defined in the <samp>.infokey</samp> file is
not important, except that the command summary produced by the
<code>get-help-window</code> command only displays the <em>first</em> key that
is bound to each command.
</p>

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