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: Documentation for "Clone Buffers" (corrected version) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:57:24 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200403121634.i2CGYrZ04201@f7.net> <200403140232.i2E2WUT01565@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079327281 9157 80.91.224.253 (15 Mar 2004 05:08:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 15 06:07:57 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B2kKT-0006o9-00 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:07:57 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B2kKT-0000QG-00 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:07:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B2kGz-0001jH-0Y for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:04:21 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B2kEA-0000as-Oa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:01:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B2kDc-0000O1-Td for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:01:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B2kDc-0000Nd-8Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:52 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1B2kAG-0001NR-Dd; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:57:24 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200403140232.i2E2WUT01565@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:32:30 -0600 (CST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:20481 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20481 + @unnumberedsubsec @kbd{M-n} creates a cloned Info buffer in Emacs + + @kindex M-n @r{(Info mode)} + @findex clone-buffer + @cindex cloning an Info buffer in Emacs + If you are reading Info in Emacs, you can select a new independent + Info buffer in another window by typing @kbd{M-n}. The new buffer is + a ``cloned'' version of the old one. The term "cloned" is not helpful here--it is a distraction. These commands create a new Info buffer with different contents. It would be clearer to say that they create a new Info buffer to show the requested material, and avoid the word "cloned".