From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>,
"Andreas Schwab" <schwab@suse.de>
Cc: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>, 25131@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25131: thwarted from copying what one sees in Info
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:02:35 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3529e973-7e42-49b9-9bf0-85cba12a91af@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r35jr97l.fsf@jidanni.org>
> > The string is available from the C-x = buffer.
>
> One apparently must put the cursor on the first (the only possible)
> character, hit C-x =, and then dig it out of the *Messages* buffer,
> encrusted in:
>
> Char: F (70, #o106, #x46, part of display "File..."->"(coreutils)Top >
> Directory listing > ls invocation > Sorting the output
> ") point=232756 of 849416 (27%) <232756-235061> column=0
>
> Not very user friendly.
Indeed. You can at least use `C-u C-x =', and then get it from the
*Help* buffer that is shown.
But this is a workaround, and it is unlikely that someone looking
to copy that text will think of it.
On the other hand, I disagree that we should add a special command
just for copying Info breadcrumbs. A _general_ solution to the need
to copy displayed stuff (including overlays) should instead be sought.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-07 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-07 7:30 bug#25131: thwarted from copying what one sees in Info 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2016-12-07 11:29 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-12-07 16:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-07 16:25 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-07 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<mvmwpfbhfjw.fsf@hawking.suse.de>
[not found] ` <<83lgvrisjv.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-12-07 17:46 ` Drew Adams
2016-12-07 11:35 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2016-12-07 16:32 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2016-12-07 17:02 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-12-07 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-07 17:11 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
[not found] <<87r35kmc1v.fsf@jidanni.org>
[not found] ` <<87r35jr97l.fsf@jidanni.org>
[not found] ` <<3529e973-7e42-49b9-9bf0-85cba12a91af@default>
[not found] ` <<83k2bbil94.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-12-07 23:21 ` Drew Adams
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