From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: eller.helmut@gmail.com, 4897@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4897: 23.1.50; Info-index and ? in minibuffer
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 10:17:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83eeyqk7yu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sgn6hmto.fsf@marxist.se> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 02 Nov 2019 06:25:07 +0100)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 06:25:07 +0100
> Cc: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>, 4897@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> >> The key binding for ? in the minibuffer can be very annoying for the
> >> Info-index command.
> >
> > It behaves the same way as in the stand-alone info reader.
> > You can use `C-q ?' for a literal '?'.
>
> IMO, it would be better to remove the "?" binding. One could use
> the more natural "TAB" binding instead.
>
> However, given that this is very long-standing behaviour, can we
> really change it now? Any opinions?
It is very unusual for an index entry to include the question mark, so
I think the case for the change is quite weak.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-10 8:26 bug#4897: 23.1.50; Info-index and ? in minibuffer Helmut Eller
2009-11-12 7:23 ` Glenn Morris
2009-11-12 7:30 ` Processed: " Emacs bug Tracking System
2019-11-02 5:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-02 8:17 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-11-02 8:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-02 15:22 ` Drew Adams
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2019-11-02 15:38 ` Drew Adams
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