From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info enhancements Date: 09 Dec 2003 12:06:49 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <878ylrbbk4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200312051426.hB5EQeZ11287@f7.net> <87ekvjuuj8.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200312051802.hB5I2EC04476@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200312052233.hB5MXsv07577@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87ptf2omam.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200312070219.hB72Jfu10270@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200312070231.hB72Vgv10283@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87ekvgilfm.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4038-Sun07Dec2003203237+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <200312071857.hB7Ivks11511@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200312090334.hB93YFS17651@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070964525 939 80.91.224.253 (9 Dec 2003 10:08:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:08:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 11:08:37 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 1ATenF-0004GR-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:08:37 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ATenF-00058q-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:08:37 +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 1ATfiF-0003yh-1E for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ATfha-0003xz-DE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:06:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ATfh2-0003te-Q8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:06:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATfh2-0003tM-6W; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:06:16 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200312090334.hB93YFS17651@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:34:15 -0600 (CST)) 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:18575 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18575 > Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:34:15 -0600 (CST) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > The preference given to the reference at or closest to point does > sound like a reasonable feature, doesn't it? > > Can give some bad surprises, like typing `f' followed by a reference > one is seeing on the screen and the reader going to a "closer" > off-screen reference of the same name. Does this really happen in practice? That is, can you really create a situation where an off-screen reference wins? I'd think the stand-alone reader should avoid that pitfall, but I might be mistaken.