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#9528: 24.0.50; Info navigation Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:06:45 +0300 Message-ID: <83ehzctt2i.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mxe1li9l.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87litksrz1.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8739fsobli.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316448498 11326 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2011 16:08:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:08:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9528@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 19 18:08:13 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gOC-0002KX-7E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:08:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48035 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gOB-0005o8-MM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54429) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gO3-0005mB-VE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gO0-0004bJ-4q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58013) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gO0-0004bD-3D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:08:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gSr-0002sv-R5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:13:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:13:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9528 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9528-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9528.131644877311055 (code B ref 9528); Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:13:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9528) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Sep 2011 16:12:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gSi-0002sF-Ei for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:12:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5gSf-0002s6-Na for 9528@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:12:50 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LRS005001YWY700@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 9528@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:07:46 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.239.98]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LRS00I6924X6T90@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:07:46 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <8739fsobli.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:13:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:51482 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Cc: dmoncayo@gmail.com, 9528@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:23:05 +0300 > > >> (info "(info-stnd) Node Commands") says: > >> > >> `l' (`history-node') > >> Pop the most recently _selected_ node in this window from the node > >> history. > > > > That's a documentation bug. See the manual for the correct > > description. > > Since users are confused by this behavior then maybe we should add an option > to be able to configure it? Either that or have a separate command, bound to some other key, as I expect not many modern users will miss the `l' bindings, only old farts such as myself. If we go with an option, you can even set it to skip intermediate nodes by default. I don't care, as long as I can have my bad habits back at a price of some customization. > >> I agree that it looks like a bug, but I don't understand why it's coded > >> explicitly that way. Perhaps the intention was to implement this behavior > >> only when the value of `Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes' is non-nil? > > > > Maybe, I cannot say. We can condition it on that variable. > > Ok, will do that. Thanks.