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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
Cc: 23857@debbugs.gnu.org, rswgnu@gmail.com
Subject: bug#23857: Emacs 25.0.94: Info-read-node-name fails outside of Info buffers; patch to fix included
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:22:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3d0j1dfc8.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+OMD9jjaAiy-VcWXQWnU=U5EzPymkkW5GEhGE-1VWRD+WmTcA@mail.gmail.com> (Robert Weiner's message of "Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:04:15 -0400")

Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org> writes:

> Info-read-node-name is useful even when the current buffer is not an
> Info buffer because it can be used to specify a file from which to read
> Info node name completions, e.g. if you want to produce a link within an
> Emacs Lisp file to a specific Info node.

(Info-read-node-name "(File)Node: ")
=> "Top	This is the top of the INFO tree"

It seems like a very mode-specific function to me...

[...]

> ! (condition-case nil
> !    (Info-build-node-completions-1)
> !  (error nil)))))

And just catching all errors isn't a good way to solve these things,
because it may be covering up other errors we want to catch.

Given both these things, I don't think this is a good idea, and I'm
closing this bug report.

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      reply	other threads:[~2019-06-25 12:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-27 20:04 bug#23857: Emacs 25.0.94: Info-read-node-name fails outside of Info buffers; patch to fix included Robert Weiner
2019-06-25 12:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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