Re: [help-texinfo] Search full content of all info nodes similar to 'man -K '

[Gavin Smith]

On 31 July 2015 at 19:42, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Michael Convey <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:11:10 -0700
>> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
>>
>> For experienced users, who likely know where to look, such a tool is less
>> useful. However, for the less-experienced user, it is invaluable.
>
> You should use "info --apropos" instead.  That searches the index
> entries, and so is much more likely to find the issue you are looking
> for than a brute-force search for words.  Maintainers of GNU manual
> put a lot of effort into providing good end extensive index entries
> that cover every subject discussed in a manual, so searching indices
> is much more efficient.  I suggest to try it.

Nonetheless, I think a "search subnodes" command could be useful. For
example, for searching a sub-tree of a manual that pertains to a
particular subject, e.g. (coreutils)Directory Listing. This would work
for searching all Info files, provided they are accessible via (dir).