Re: iswitchb

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:56:59 +0100
>> 
>> Patch for this and one other instance of the same issue attached. I've
>> also attached a proposed patch for hiding the 'Info node' and 'URL'
>> prefixes in *Help* buffers, since I find they just get in the way.
>> 
>> First one could go to either emacs-26 or master.
>
> Documentation changes should go to emacs-26.
>

OK. That means someone has to install it on my behalf, since I don't
have commit privileges. Unless I could have those?

>> Second one I think is master-only (does it require a NEWS entry?).
>
> Not unless you provide an option to get back old behavior (which I
> think you should, if we accept this change).  Personally, I'm not so
> sure it's a good idea to install that, as having Info called out
> explicitly has its merits.

I just find it's visual noise, since I don't really care whether it's
an URL or an Info link that I'm looking at, but I appreciate some
people might not like the markup disappearing. Version with option +
NEWS update some time tomorrow.

Robert