* Info-copy-current-node-name readability
@ 2007-11-03 21:36 Thien-Thi Nguyen
2007-11-04 1:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-11-04 1:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thien-Thi Nguyen @ 2007-11-03 21:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
any objections to this small change to add a space
between the filename and nodename?
before -- "(elisp)Documentation Tips"
after -- "(elisp) Documentation Tips"
seems to me more readable this way.
thi
__________________________________________________________
*** info.el 28 Aug 2007 10:15:23 -0000 1.505
--- info.el 3 Nov 2007 21:29:46 -0000
***************
*** 3353,3359 ****
(unless Info-current-node
(error "No current Info node"))
(let ((node (if (stringp Info-current-file)
! (concat "(" (file-name-nondirectory Info-current-file) ")"
Info-current-node))))
(if (zerop (prefix-numeric-value arg))
(setq node (concat "(info \"" node "\")")))
--- 3353,3359 ----
(unless Info-current-node
(error "No current Info node"))
(let ((node (if (stringp Info-current-file)
! (concat "(" (file-name-nondirectory Info-current-file) ") "
Info-current-node))))
(if (zerop (prefix-numeric-value arg))
(setq node (concat "(info \"" node "\")")))
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2007-11-03 21:36 Info-copy-current-node-name readability Thien-Thi Nguyen
@ 2007-11-04 1:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-11-04 1:56 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-04 3:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-04 1:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
1 sibling, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Luc Teirlinck @ 2007-11-04 1:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ttn; +Cc: emacs-devel
Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
any objections to this small change to add a space
between the filename and nodename?
before -- "(elisp)Documentation Tips"
after -- "(elisp) Documentation Tips"
seems to me more readable this way.
Yes. This is about copying and pasting, not about readability.
Sincerely,
Luc Teirlinck.
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2007-11-04 1:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
@ 2007-11-04 1:56 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-04 3:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2007-11-04 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luc Teirlinck; +Cc: ttn, emacs-devel
Luc Teirlinck wrote:
> Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
>
> any objections to this small change to add a space
> between the filename and nodename?
>
> before -- "(elisp)Documentation Tips"
> after -- "(elisp) Documentation Tips"
>
> seems to me more readable this way.
>
> Yes. This is about copying and pasting, not about readability.
But both format works with info, try:
(info "(elisp) Documentation Type")
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* Re: Info-copy-current-node-name readability
2007-11-04 1:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-11-04 1:56 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2007-11-04 3:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-06 0:46 ` Juri Linkov
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2007-11-04 3:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luc Teirlinck; +Cc: ttn, emacs-devel
> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:47:58 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
>
> any objections to this small change to add a space
> between the filename and nodename?
>
> before -- "(elisp)Documentation Tips"
> after -- "(elisp) Documentation Tips"
>
> seems to me more readable this way.
>
> Yes. This is about copying and pasting, not about readability.
I think ttm was talking about readability of the text into which you
paste the reference to the Info node.
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* Re: Info-copy-current-node-name readability
2007-11-04 3:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2007-11-06 0:46 ` Juri Linkov
2007-11-06 0:58 ` Miles Bader
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2007-11-06 0:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: teirllm, ttn, emacs-devel
>> any objections to this small change to add a space
>> between the filename and nodename?
>>
>> before -- "(elisp)Documentation Tips"
>> after -- "(elisp) Documentation Tips"
>>
>> seems to me more readable this way.
>>
>> Yes. This is about copying and pasting, not about readability.
>
> I think ttm was talking about readability of the text into which you
> paste the reference to the Info node.
It seems one reason to use this format in the text with Info references is
because the node name is already displayed with a space in the mode-line,
e.g.:
--:%%- *info* (elisp) Documentation Tips Top (1,0) (Info Narrow)---
^
space
So this format will be the same in the mode-line and in text references.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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2007-11-06 0:46 ` Juri Linkov
@ 2007-11-06 0:58 ` Miles Bader
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Miles Bader @ 2007-11-06 0:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juri Linkov; +Cc: Eli Zaretskii, teirllm, ttn, emacs-devel
I dunno, I dislike the space because the no-space version looks more
like a parseable name. The with-space version looks more like
something someone typed in for human consumption. So I think the lack
of space is a useful reminder to newbies.
-Miles
--
We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde
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* Re: Info-copy-current-node-name readability
2007-11-03 21:36 Info-copy-current-node-name readability Thien-Thi Nguyen
2007-11-04 1:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
@ 2007-11-04 1:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Luc Teirlinck @ 2007-11-04 1:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ttn; +Cc: emacs-devel
From my previous reply:
any objections to this small change to add a space
between the filename and nodename?
before -- "(elisp)Documentation Tips"
after -- "(elisp) Documentation Tips"
seems to me more readable this way.
Yes. This is about copying and pasting, not about readability.
To avoid confusion:
The "Yes" was an anwer to the first question, so means: "yes, there are
objections".
Sincerely,
Luc Teirlinck.
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