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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@elta.co.il>
Cc: juri@jurta.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org
Subject: Re: Info enhancements
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:06:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7704-Wed10Dec2003100601+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200312100256.hBA2uiF24015@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:56:44 -0600 (CST))

> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:56:44 -0600 (CST)
> From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>
> 
>    > Can give some bad surprises, like typing `f' followed by a reference
>    > one is seeing on the screen and the reader going to a "closer"
>    > off-screen reference of the same name.
> 
>    Does this really happen in practice?  That is, can you really create a
>    situation where an off-screen reference wins?
> 
> Yes.  In the `Entry' node of the following file, put point at the
> start of the line containing the first of the series of a's.  Do:
> M-0 C-l.
> 
> The `@xref{Top, , , dir}.' is now out of view. We do `f' and see:
> 
> Follow xref (Top): 
> 
> If we accept the default (or type Top), we go to (dir)Top, an
> off-screen reference, whereas `@xref{Top, Top, , elisp}.' is visible.

Sounds like a bug in the stand-alone reader: it should have filtered
out off-screen references, unless they are the only ones in the node.
I probably failed to consider this possibility (or perhaps there's no
easy way to know what's off screen in the stand-alone reader).

  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-10  8:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 148+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-03 19:42 Info enhancements Karl Berry
2003-12-03 19:58 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-04  7:07   ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-04 13:12     ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-04 15:29       ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-04 16:44       ` Karl Berry
2003-12-04 20:13         ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-06 21:01           ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-12-07  5:41             ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 14:49               ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-12-07 15:25                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 16:42                   ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-12-07 18:35                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 19:28                       ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-08 19:43                         ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-05 14:09         ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-05 14:26           ` Karl Berry
2003-12-05 15:57             ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-05 17:44               ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06  0:15                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06  9:46                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-05 18:02               ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 22:33                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 22:36                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 23:52                   ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06  9:43                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 16:45                       ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 17:15                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 18:25                           ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 17:19                             ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-06 17:50                         ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07  0:23                       ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07  2:19                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07  2:31                       ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 17:31                         ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-07 17:44                           ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 18:00                           ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 18:32                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 18:57                             ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 19:27                               ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08  6:48                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08  6:45                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08  9:51                                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-09  3:34                                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 10:06                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-10  2:56                                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-10  8:06                                       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2003-12-10  3:03                                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06  0:27                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-07 17:19                   ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 21:21                     ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08  6:58                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 10:12                         ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 10:29                           ` Miles Bader
2003-12-08 10:46                             ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 11:40                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 14:09                                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-09 11:53                                   ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-08 17:05                                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 10:08                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 10:35                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-05 18:27           ` Karl Berry
2003-12-05 20:44             ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 21:00               ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06  9:11               ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 17:59               ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06  1:27             ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06  9:38               ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 15:43                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06 14:49               ` Karl Berry
2003-12-06 15:31                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 21:40                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 22:38                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07  5:45                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 20:00                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08  6:56                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-09 21:48                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 17:19               ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 18:44                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 19:00                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 21:54                   ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-07 22:01                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 21:49                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-08 19:28                   ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-10  3:29                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-10 15:48                       ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-08  5:46                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-08 17:34                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 21:48                   ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-04 15:50     ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-05  0:11     ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-12-07  1:20 Karl Berry
2003-12-07  5:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07  0:59 Karl Berry
2003-12-07  5:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 13:42   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-08  0:01     ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-08 10:28       ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-09 21:48         ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-10  7:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-11 14:45             ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07  0:56 Karl Berry
2003-12-07  0:53 Karl Berry
2003-12-07  5:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 19:36 Karl Berry
2003-12-06 19:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 20:38   ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 20:30 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 14:49 Karl Berry
2003-12-04 22:55 Karl Berry
2003-12-02 17:27 Info enhancements (was: Re: HTML as info format) Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-02 19:26 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-03  5:38   ` Info enhancements Juri Linkov
2003-12-03 13:27     ` Karl Berry
2003-12-03 15:46       ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-20  5:34       ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-20 14:57         ` Karl Berry
2003-12-01 10:38 Juri Linkov
2003-12-02  3:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-02 10:54   ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-02  4:43 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-02 21:22 ` Reiner Steib
2003-12-03  5:04   ` Juri Linkov
2004-09-01 16:42     ` Reiner Steib
2004-09-01 20:55       ` Juri Linkov
2004-09-02 19:02         ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-03  0:33 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-03  6:43   ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-12  2:08 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-12 14:24   ` Karl Berry
2003-12-12 17:14     ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-12 19:23       ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-13 10:12         ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-13 23:15           ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-12 21:38     ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-13 15:17       ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-16  2:14         ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-17  3:28           ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-18  3:03             ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-18 16:59               ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-19 14:03               ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-20  5:27                 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-13 15:48       ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-15  2:35   ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-15  6:01     ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-15 20:06       ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-16  3:00       ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-16 12:12         ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-17  3:28           ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-17  3:28         ` Richard Stallman

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