How to quit Menu Item mode in the info command page

Question

I am using info command, and when I press m, the keyboard prompt goes into a menu item: mode and I don't know how to quit from this mode. I tried q and ESC, but it didn't work.

Finally, I used Ctrl+C to quit. Is there any decent way to quit the menu item: prompt mode in the "info" command?

A quick test with info here tells me that pressing Enter a few times works. — Renan, Mar 16 '12 at 21:49

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 18 '12 at 14:43

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A quick test with info here tells me that pressing Enter one time works.

edited Mar 18 '12 at 14:43

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answered Mar 18 '12 at 04:06

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A few times? One time is enough, for me. – user unknown Mar 18 '12 at 06:21
I have edited it to "One Time" – Xianlin Mar 18 '12 at 08:11

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '12 at 20:35

Info is a standalone program that mimics Emacs's built-in documentation interface. Emacs does not come from the unix world, and some of its key bindings are different from the traditional unix bindings. In particular, Ctrl+C is the back-to-toplevel key under unix, but under Emacs, that's Ctrl+G (which is also the bell character when it is emitted by the terminal). So press Ctrl+G at the Menu item: prompt. Ctrl+C exits Info because what it does in Emacs (customizable prefix) is not applicable to Info so Info gives it a unix meaning instead (kill the current program).

Very insightful knowledge indeed although I don't quite understand those terms, but thank you for providing more useful information to the questions. — Xianlin, Mar 20 '12 at 01:29

How to quit Menu Item mode in the info command page

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