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* bug#38308: INFO files changed on disk: mention rereading workaround
@ 2019-11-21  0:11 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
  2019-11-21  8:14 ` Robert Pluim
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2019-11-21  0:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 38308

(info "(info) Advanced") should add FAQ:

Q: What if the info files or top directory change on disk?  Unlike
normal browsers INFO has no refresh command.

A: Kill the *info* buffer and start INFO again.





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* bug#38308: INFO files changed on disk: mention rereading workaround
  2019-11-21  0:11 bug#38308: INFO files changed on disk: mention rereading workaround 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
@ 2019-11-21  8:14 ` Robert Pluim
  2019-11-21 13:04   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Robert Pluim @ 2019-11-21  8:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 38308

>>>>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 08:11:26 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> said:

    積丹尼> (info "(info) Advanced") should add FAQ:
    積丹尼> Q: What if the info files or top directory change on disk?  Unlike
    積丹尼> normal browsers INFO has no refresh command.

    積丹尼> A: Kill the *info* buffer and start INFO again.

You donʼt have to kill the *info* buffer, you can just revert it. I do
that all the time when Iʼm writing info documentation, but I canʼt see
that being a common occurence in normal use.

Robert





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* bug#38308: INFO files changed on disk: mention rereading workaround
  2019-11-21  8:14 ` Robert Pluim
@ 2019-11-21 13:04   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  2019-11-21 15:00     ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2019-11-21 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Robert Pluim; +Cc: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 38308

Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 08:11:26 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> <jidanni@jidanni.org> said:
>
>     積丹尼> (info "(info) Advanced") should add FAQ:
>     積丹尼> Q: What if the info files or top directory change on disk?  Unlike
>     積丹尼> normal browsers INFO has no refresh command.
>
>     積丹尼> A: Kill the *info* buffer and start INFO again.
>
> You donʼt have to kill the *info* buffer, you can just revert it. I do
> that all the time when Iʼm writing info documentation, but I canʼt see
> that being a common occurence in normal use.

Yeah, I don't think this is a frequently asked question, so I'm closing
this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





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* bug#38308: INFO files changed on disk: mention rereading workaround
  2019-11-21 13:04   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2019-11-21 15:00     ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2019-11-21 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Robert Pluim, 38308

Dired says the file changed on disk, use g to...

Info doesn't.

Therefore dired shouldn't either.

Or info should at least add *one little itty bitty word* in its
documentation about the issue.





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