From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18044: 24.3; `info-display-manual' should use completing input for manual name Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:26:00 +0300 Message-ID: <83a9876v47.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tx6f766x.fsf@naesten.mooo.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405664849 22446 80.91.229.3 (18 Jul 2014 06:27:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18044@debbugs.gnu.org To: Samuel Bronson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 18 08:27:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X81dZ-0004KS-SY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 08:27:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48250 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X81dZ-0005NK-DX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X81dO-0005Lm-Vv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X81dH-0006fp-Ch for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34359) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X81dH-0006fY-9P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:27:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X81dG-00025G-Co for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:27:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18044 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18044-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18044.14056647857960 (code B ref 18044); Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18044) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jul 2014 06:26:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57858 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X81cc-00024G-J7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout25.012.net.il ([80.179.55.181]:48800) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X81cY-000240-2N for 18044@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout25.012.net.il by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N8W00200998ZB00@mtaout25.012.net.il> for 18044@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:21:46 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N8W0009U9OASB40@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:21:46 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87tx6f766x.fsf@naesten.mooo.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91623 Archived-At: > From: Samuel Bronson > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:26:46 -0400 > > I think it would be possible to extract the necessary machinery from the > function `Info-read-node-name' and its -1/-2 friends, but I don't grok > completion well enough to do it myself, and one of the core > (not-info-specific) completion functions involved isn't even documented. This function should complete on both manuals already visited in existing Info buffers, and on manuals installed on the system that are not yet visited. The latter part could be slow, so any contributions should take that into account.