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From: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: info-lookup delay on missing file
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:48:00 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vfsg2i8v.fsf@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4331-Thu28Aug2003091313+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:13:14 +0200")

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@elta.co.il> writes:
>
> What happens if _none_ of the files in info-lookup-alist exist?  Does
> the user get any messages with your change, or will Emacs simply do
> nothing visible (quietly)?

You get "Not documented as a symbol" on any lookup.  This is unchanged
actually, since if there's no manuals at all available then nothing
goes into the cache.

The bad case is when there's a missing manual in the middle of the
list, every lookup into a manual past that gets the message and delay.

> Btw, one alternative is to be less talkative, but not to omit the
> information altogether, either: put the message into *Messages*, but
> don't display it and don't sit-for.

The sit-for is the annoying bit.  I don't know that a message every
time adds much, but it doesn't hurt.

      reply	other threads:[~2003-08-29 22:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-28  0:08 info-lookup delay on missing file Kevin Ryde
2003-08-28  7:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-08-29 22:48   ` Kevin Ryde [this message]

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