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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: 9528@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9528: 24.0.50; Info navigation
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:25:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1R5byi-0005IL-Fo@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87litksrz1.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Mon,  19 Sep 2011 14:16:46 +0300)

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
> Cc: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>,  9528@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:16:46 +0300
> 
> > Note that "C-h l" does not say "the last node _presented_", it says
> > "the last node _visited_".
> 
> (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.

Please revert the change.

> >> >> 1. Eval: (info "(elisp)Macros")
> >> >> 2. Move point to line 22 (* Simple Macro).
> >> >> 3. Type: <DEL>
> >> >>  --> (Expected) Go to node "(elisp)Related Topics".
> >> >>  --> (Observed) Go to node "(elisp)Simple Macro".
> >> >
> >> > Sorry, I can't change this because this behavior is explicitly
> >> > implemented in Info, so it's not a bug.
> >
> > I think it's a bug, because the stand-alone Info reader goes to
> > Related Topics.
> 
> 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.





  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-19 11:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-17 10:54 bug#9528: 24.0.50; Info navigation Dani Moncayo
2011-09-17 11:01 ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-17 18:02   ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-17 18:00 ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-18 20:14 ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-19  8:14   ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-19  9:49     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-19 10:20       ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-19 10:37         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-19 10:49           ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-19 11:24             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-19 12:14               ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-19 12:49                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-19 13:04                   ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-19 14:24                   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-19 16:03                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-19 16:41                       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-19 16:52                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-19 18:49                           ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-19 19:57                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-20 16:30                               ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-20 17:30                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-20 17:50                                   ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-20 19:24                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-20 20:17                                       ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-19 11:16       ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-19 11:25         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-09-19 12:45           ` Dani Moncayo
2011-09-19 14:23           ` Juri Linkov
2011-09-19 16:06             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-20 16:28           ` Juri Linkov

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