Function: info-standalone

info-standalone is an autoloaded and byte-compiled function defined in info.el.gz.

Signature

(info-standalone)

Documentation

Run Emacs as a standalone Info reader.

Usage: emacs -f info-standalone [filename]
In standalone mode, q (quit-window) exits Emacs itself.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/info.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun info-standalone ()
  "Run Emacs as a standalone Info reader.
Usage:  emacs -f info-standalone [filename]
In standalone mode, \\<Info-mode-map>\\[quit-window] exits Emacs itself."
  (setq Info-standalone t)
  (if (and command-line-args-left
	   (not (string-match "^-" (car command-line-args-left))))
      (condition-case err
	  (progn
	    (info (car command-line-args-left))
	    (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
	(error (send-string-to-terminal
		(format "%s\n" (if (eq (car-safe err) 'error)
				   (nth 1 err) err)))
	       (save-buffers-kill-emacs)))
    (info)))