From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Control help- and Info-mode buffers from other buffers Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 17:33:15 +0300 Message-ID: <83edmr5mc4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <861qixbum2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86wn0opgpi.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86ilc78zc2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <834jnrek7w.fsf@gnu.org> <86v8g77iof.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83o7lzcxm8.fsf@gnu.org> <837csncfz1.fsf@gnu.org> <83o7lybaph.fsf@gnu.org> <83ttvpao80.fsf@gnu.org> <83ilc48wx8.fsf@gnu.org> <8335388tlm.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4150"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: juri@linkov.net, manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 04 16:33:14 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q5onC-0000v7-9f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 16:33:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5omO-0001q5-QW; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5omN-0001ps-Nt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5omL-0005Bc-IX; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:32:21 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=sKfW4jOrbmYwp5HtUh3HyOWT1p5tQWYHiRWBbGta++E=; b=sUJmgRoEngqD OapRSgBHTI84Y+m7/biA5AioABHU+Q83xTJf4NmpTKjeaR0o0w4A+UwcZhH5V//q8qxVBZgUCxjJM 1Z4FbxJ6lZHX9leUUz5gxeEcmunRQBiZgTYgotWLoftUeT/SjYOCj/4TmjkZc/VQvaPWW1i8WGXQI 0eJxYFPgpzY+W35JSX25Lq8cOpkIP9xqenK9XcBndMYimuBcIjSV7ADajvIA/rMIcf0PTz8p7x0oW 0bgqz0Mz6N7NeM+Ul9Ef1GCUZJ5xnrWdDdmmeMj0a8k6aLOPtiaxSOw+p4vJFUSemXapqU8ksSUNk hI9CDo78c+l8FXGnTNcqfQ==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5omL-0007tf-2d; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:32:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Arthur Miller on Sun, 04 Jun 2023 16:19:20 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306618 Archived-At: > From: Arthur Miller > Cc: juri@linkov.net, manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 16:19:20 +0200 > > >> Not *Help*; I am asking about multiple *info* windows. > > > > A prefix arg should be able to solve at least some such problems. > > Are you sure you need a prefix? I can just get list of info (and help buffers to > make Drew happy) and prompt user via completing read to pick one. The point is to let the user specify the correct window up front, without bothering him/her with annoying prompts. So a prefix argument of N means operate on the window showing the buffer *info*.