Re: 23.0.60; `l' in Info skips last visited node

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

>> C-h i, choose Elisp manual.
>> g Customization Types
>> m d TAB RET, to go to node Defining New Types
>> SPC SPC to get to node Loading
>> l
>>
>> This takes you back to node Customization, not to the last visited
>> node, which is Defining New Types, or even to the node visited just
>> before that, which is Customization Types. Node Customization is the
>> grandparent of the last visited node, and it was never even visited.
>
> This is confusing but deliberate.  I agree we should change it.

This can be fixed with the following patch:

Index: lisp/info.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/info.el,v
retrieving revision 1.531
diff -c -r1.531 info.el
*** lisp/info.el	6 May 2008 07:57:40 -0000	1.531
--- lisp/info.el	11 May 2008 00:07:47 -0000
***************
*** 2526,2533 ****
  	 ;; go up to the end of this node.
  	 (goto-char (point-max))
  	 ;; Since logically we are done with the node with that menu,
! 	 ;; move on from it.
! 	 (Info-next-preorder))
  	(t
  	 (error "No more nodes"))))
  
--- 2526,2535 ----
  	 ;; go up to the end of this node.
  	 (goto-char (point-max))
  	 ;; Since logically we are done with the node with that menu,
! 	 ;; move on from it.  But don't put intermediate nodes to the
! 	 ;; history on recursive calls.
! 	 (let (Info-history)
! 	   (Info-next-preorder)))
  	(t
  	 (error "No more nodes"))))

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/