From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info enhancements Date: 08 Dec 2003 14:43:37 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200312041644.hB4GiMi16974@f7.net> <871xrhslt4.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <9178-Sun07Dec2003074126+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <87ptf0lm27.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <9451-Sun07Dec2003172505+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <87brqkk2a8.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <3099-Sun07Dec2003203544+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070912721 20515 80.91.224.253 (8 Dec 2003 19:45:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , kai@emptydomain.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 08 20:45:17 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 1ATRJl-00037j-00 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:45:17 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ATRJk-0007dg-00 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:45:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATSGm-0000mC-7h for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:46:16 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ATSGF-0000hJ-1W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:45:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ATSFh-0000XX-D5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:45:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATSFh-0000XS-1v; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:45:09 -0500 Original-Received: from vor.iro.umontreal.ca (vor.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.42]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AB2D20FB6; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:43:38 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by vor.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CD0A43CFD9; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:43:37 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean 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:18564 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18564 > Nobody seems to be considering a format line > * foo: Node (line 42). A short description. > which I and at least one other person thought would be > more natural and clear. But indices are a funny kind of menu where there's a lot of space between `foo' and `Node' and where there is typically no `a short description'. I.e. it looks like: * foo: Node. so your proposal is to use * foo: Node (line 42). which is not aesthetically very different from * foo: Node. (line 42) or * foo: Node. Line 42. It does have the difference that it puts the line info in the "location" part of the reference, which is probably a good thing. Stefan