Help Mode Commands
Help buffers provide the same commands as View mode (see Misc File Ops), plus a few special commands of their own.
- <SPC>
Scroll forward. - <DEL>
- <BS>
Scroll backward. On some keyboards, this key is known as <BS> or <backspace>. - <RET>
Follow a cross reference at point. - <TAB>
Move point forward to the next cross reference. - S-<TAB>
Move point back to the previous cross reference. - Mouse-2
Follow a cross reference that you click on.
When a command name (see Running Commands by Name) or variable name (see Variables) appears in the documentation, it normally appears inside paired single-quotes. You can click on the name with Mouse-2, or move point there and type <RET>, to view the documentation of that command or variable. Use C-c C-b to retrace your steps.
There are convenient commands for moving point to cross references in the help text. <TAB> (help-next-ref) moves point down to the next cross reference. Use S-<TAB> to move point up to the previous cross reference (help-previous-ref).
