From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch to disable links line in *info* buffer Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:24:58 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200206102224.g5AMOwL31224@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <87bsaos1fl.fsf@orebokech.com> <200206072322.g57NMtK27277@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xbsam1tje.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <87wut9tppe.fsf@orebokech.com> <200206101359.g5ADx7b28021@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200206101728.g5AHSjQ29188@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1023748089 16633 127.0.0.1 (10 Jun 2002 22:28:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 22:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17HXdx-0004KA-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 00:28:09 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17HY0z-0004GW-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 00:51:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17HXdF-0000V0-00; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:27:25 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17HXat-0000K5-00 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:24:59 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5AMOwL31224; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:24:58 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4727 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4727 > That is very true. This means I cannot copy a file name for Info. > The name has been shifted from easily sharable to hard-to-share. > > if we want to optimize for ease of sharing (not a bad goal, IMHO), my guess is > the easiest way to share a mode-line-as-"link" would be a series of keystrokes > that can be used to find that node. this: > > (fset 'help-me! [?\C-h ?i ?m ?e ?m ?a ?c ?s ?\C-m]) This is unreadable and doesn't work if the *info* buffer is already viewing some other manual. Better use (info "(emacs)Top") and tell people to hit C-x C-e with the cursor right after the closing paren. Stefan