From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info menus on text-mode terminals Date: 29 Sep 2003 12:50:17 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <2914-Sat27Sep2003130207+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <7821-Sun28Sep2003234334+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <20030928231528.GA13806@fencepost> <200309290321.h8T3L3x12618@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064808243 10742 80.91.224.253 (29 Sep 2003 04:04:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 04:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@elta.co.il, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 29 06:04:00 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 1A3pGS-0003kW-00 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:04:00 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3pGS-0000V6-00 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:04:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3p83-00050c-GR for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:55:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A3p7F-0004vJ-AL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:54:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A3p79-0004rI-Vr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:54:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 1A3p73-0004lZ-If; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:54:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [210.143.35.52] (helo=TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3p3Y-0006kK-1p; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:50:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.192]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id h8T3oPl25793; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:50:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate52.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.198]) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id h8T3oPU01531; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:50:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.50.208.12]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id h8T3oOX04257; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:50:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.9.3p2+3.2W/3.7W_EDC_Ver.1.0) with ESMTP id MAA02407; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:50:23 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id h8T3oHRm025895; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:50:19 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 224FC372A; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:50:17 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200309290321.h8T3L3x12618@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 13 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:16753 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16753 Luc Teirlinck writes: > Yes, but it would have severe negative effects, as I already pointed > out in the previous discussion. The current implementation of > Info-hide-note-references and related features is fundamentally flawed > because it tries to reformat Info files as if they were written in a > mark up language. Whether or not it's a good idea to reformat text is orthogonal to whether or not it's a good idea to use display properties to do it. -Miles -- Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin