From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info mutilates user overlays. Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:45:06 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200310010216.h912Ge027788@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200310011449.h91EnBN28933@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200310011849.h91In7B01807@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065102671 20380 80.91.224.253 (2 Oct 2003 13:51:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 13:51:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 15:51:09 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A53rJ-0005Dl-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:51:09 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A53rJ-0006L1-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:51:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A53ps-0001pN-7q for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:49:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A53ne-0001Bc-IQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A53n8-0000zd-BE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A53n8-0000zS-2j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:46:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1A53lS-00052y-BH; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:45:06 -0400 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on 01 Oct 2003 16:00:48 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16872 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16872 Position-registers and bookmarks should be made to work in such cases as well. I think a somewhat unified approach (also unified with the help-xref-stack) would be welcome. When I say unified, I mean at the implementation level. Every "view" such as an info-node, a help item, an email, ... should set a `here-is-how-to-find-me-back' variable (that variable is called `help-xref-stack-item' in help-mode). This extension of mechanism would be coherent, but I think it is not the right place to direct our effort. We could take care of this bug much quicker by making it an error to set a bookmark in Info mode. It is not ideal, but not a big deal. Other improvements in etc/TODO would make far more difference in terms of the user's benefit. Would people work on some of them?