info ‘C-h i’ ¶Enter ‘Info’, opening the top-level dir file or FILE-OR-NODE if given.
In interactive use, a non-numeric prefix argument directs this command to
read a file name from the minibuffer. A numeric prefix argument N selects
*info<N>.
runs the command info. Enter ‘Info’, the documentation browser. Optional
argument FILE-OR-NODE specifies the file to examine. The default is the
top-level directory of Info. When called from a program, this argument may
specify an Info node of the form:
(FILENAME)NODENAME
The search path for Info files. The top-level Info directory is made by
combining all the files nmaed dir in all the directories in this path.
Default list of directories to search for Info documentation files. They are searched in the order they are given in the list. This variable ‘Info-default-directory-list’ is used as the default for initializing ‘Info-directory-list’ when Info is started, unless the environment variable INFOPATH is set. Normally, you should either set INFOPATH or customize ‘Info-additional-directory-list’, rather than changing this variable.
List of additional directories to search for Info documentation files. These directories are searched after those in ‘Info-directory-list’.