Re: breadcrumbs for Info . . . . . .

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

>> > Better to show the information, wrapping it as needed -
>> > least surprise.
>>
>> IIUC, there is no problem now.  The maximal level depth in
>> Texinfo is 4. So the current default breadcrumbs depth will
>> display all nodes for the maximal allowed depth.
>
> No. Four possible section levels + one top level = 5. As I said:
>
>> I'd suggest therefore getting rid of the depth user option
>> altogether. If you feel you must keep it, then please make
>> its default value 5, which includes everything (the 4 possible
>> section levels plus the top level). By default, at least,
>> no breadcrumb nodes should be elided.
>
> For example, visit node `General VC Options' in the Emacs manual. You get this
> with the default value of 4 for `Info-breadcrumbs-depth':
>
>  > (emacs)Top > ... > Version Control > Customizing VC > General VC Options

This is not what I get with Info-breadcrumbs-depth = 4.  Instead, I see
the full line like below:

> With a value of 5, you get this instead:
>
>  (emacs)Top > Files > Version Control > Customizing VC > General VC Options

Now I incremented the default value to 4, so with the maximal depth of 4
actually there is no eliding now by default.  In my tests, the length
of the breadcrumbs line rarely approaches 80 columns.  However, if this
will cause a real problem then maybe instead of the number of nodes
Info-breadcrumbs-depth should specify the maximal length of the breadcrumbs
line measured in characters (this is easy to calculate).

> (Stefan has agreed to remove the initial `> '.)

OK, now removed the initial `> '.

-- 
Juri Linkov
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