From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "modern" doc viewer for info/html Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:55:44 +0100 Message-ID: <87r40zjmnj.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <87wqarkbrw.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1406969770 13291 80.91.229.3 (2 Aug 2014 08:56:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 08:56:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 02 10:56:03 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XDV6g-000710-86 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 10:56:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43432 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XDV6f-0002fv-OP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43219) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XDV6W-0002ff-I3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:55:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XDV6Q-00022G-AJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:55:52 -0400 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:56856 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XDV6Q-00022C-3u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:55:46 -0400 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5ED10AC09CE; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 11:07:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45B5060411; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 09:55:44 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: (Yuri Khan's message of "Sat, 2 Aug 2014 12:47:41 +0700") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:173372 Archived-At: Yuri Khan writes: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Nic Ferrier wrot= e: > > Ten years ago it might not be evident (Firefox was called Firebird > back then), but nowadays, when you use a printable character as a > navigation command in a Javascript application, you need to invoke > preventDefault() on the event object. Otherwise, in certain browser > configurations, the character may start an incremental search. > > Case in point: I am using Firefox 31, with Preferences | Advanced | > General | [x] Search for text when I start typing. I click any link on > the front page, which displays that node. I then press 'l' on my > keyboard. This takes me back to the index and starts an incremental > search for 'l', which it finds in the 'Lisp Data Types' link. The > incremental search bar grabs keyboard focus, remains active for a few > seconds, and then disappears without returning focus to the page. As a > result, I cannot use any further letter-based navigation commands. I like the way you make the response sound so snarky.=20 I had missed that. Is fixed. > Unrelated: Some links in the top-level index occupy two lines, but > nothing in their appearance gives a hint about that. The list reads as > if it were: > > * =E2=80=A6 > * Packaging > * Antinews > * GNU Free > * Documentation License > * GPL > * =E2=80=A6 Not sure what to do about that. This isn't a product, it's an example of what could be done. Nic