From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: info-find-source
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:39:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180112152923748002837@bob.proulx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86inc6kbyb.fsf@zoho.com>
Emanuel Berg wrote:
> What I can see, info, i.e., the framework, is
> just a bunch of sparsely annotated and
> highlighted hypertext.
What I see looks the same as the web version:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html
Except mine is local and therefore always available to me even when I
am not connected to a network. And the local version always matches
the version of emacs I am using with it. And my local version is
inside emacs so uses my preferred fonts and colors.
For people who don't use emacs but use vim I recommend using the
'pinfo' browser. It would match their keystroke memory better.
> Because I don't spend a lot of time with info,
> and isn't active with it myself, I do not
> care about the markup.
Markup? What markup? All I see is text. It is formated into
paragraphs. The most annoying markup is the quoting using characters
I don't prefer with the stylized curly quotes. But it's a compromise
there for certain because everyone prefers something different there.
> As for the interconnectivity, I was never fond
> of moving back and forth by hitting any other
> buttons than those on my keyboard, which
> I don't think need re-wiring for the purpose of
> browsing documentation.
WAT? I can only hit the buttons on my keyboard. I can't hit buttons
that are not on my keyboard.
Personally I prefer the emacs movement keys and so I use emacs
movement keys when browsing info documenation. And since this is the
help-gnu-emacs mailing list I can say that proudly without vim users
being unhappy with me. :-)
> So to me, I can just as well, or better
> actually, access the entire manual of a piece
> of software by means of a huge text file.
Since it is a multi-function document that is also designed to be
printed and viewed as a book then I can't find any complaint with you
wanting to browse it all printed out like it was a book.
Go for it!
> It is more honest. No gleaming links that lures
> you into doing something else just because you
> can. No new keystrokes to learn and no new
> hooks to fill with Elisp. Same old - great -
> stuff to use.
Oh, so the links to related documenation is like ... *squirrel*
:-)
Bob
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2018-01-10 5:51 info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-11 4:49 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.7190.1515646194.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-11 5:25 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-11 21:05 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.7233.1515704724.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-11 21:55 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-12 15:43 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-12 17:02 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.7274.1515771852.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-12 20:36 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-12 21:08 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.7300.1515791309.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-12 21:24 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-12 22:39 ` Bob Proulx [this message]
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2018-01-13 0:54 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 3:29 ` info-find-source Kaushal Modi
[not found] ` <mailman.7311.1515814177.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-13 3:55 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 14:16 ` info-find-source Kaushal Modi
[not found] ` <mailman.7327.1515852984.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-14 7:20 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 7:46 ` info-find-source tomas
2018-01-13 8:10 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-13 8:22 ` info-find-source Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 11:36 ` info-find-source tomas
2018-01-13 11:59 ` info-find-source Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 12:14 ` info-find-source tomas
2018-01-13 15:33 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-13 14:20 ` info-find-source Kaushal Modi
2018-01-13 15:30 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-13 16:31 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.7318.1515831047.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-14 7:17 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 18:42 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-15 19:38 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 15:47 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
2018-01-13 16:04 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-13 21:33 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
2018-01-14 0:52 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
2018-01-14 1:18 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
2018-01-14 6:55 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-14 9:12 ` info-find-source tomas
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2018-01-15 2:03 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
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2018-01-15 0:47 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 0:57 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 18:53 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-15 19:51 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 18:48 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-15 19:46 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-16 13:45 ` info-find-source Stefan Monnier
2018-01-16 15:28 ` info-find-source tomas
2018-01-16 19:59 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-17 0:13 ` info-find-source Robert Thorpe
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2018-01-17 2:41 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7331.1515858482.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-14 8:42 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-12 23:57 ` info-find-source Robert Thorpe
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2018-01-13 0:43 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
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2018-01-13 3:43 ` info-find-source Robert Thorpe
2018-01-13 5:23 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-13 16:31 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
2018-01-14 7:03 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-16 23:10 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
2018-01-13 15:50 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
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2018-01-14 2:57 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-14 7:00 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.7369.1515913231.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-15 4:17 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 18:54 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.7435.1516042498.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-15 19:55 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-16 23:58 ` info-find-source Robert Thorpe
2018-01-19 6:22 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-19 7:12 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-19 20:31 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-19 21:05 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.7653.1516395915.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-19 22:19 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-19 23:21 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
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2018-01-20 19:49 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-20 20:18 ` info-find-source Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<83bmhos2qd.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-01-20 23:50 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
2018-01-21 0:04 ` info-find-source Drew Adams
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2018-01-21 11:49 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
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2018-01-19 20:43 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 5:17 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-14 2:54 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 18:52 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-15 19:50 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
[not found] <mailman.7312.1515815030.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-13 3:57 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-14 4:24 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-14 22:30 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
2018-01-15 4:33 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-20 17:37 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
2018-01-21 6:59 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.7682.1516469829.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-20 17:53 ` info-find-source HASM
2018-01-20 18:26 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
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2018-01-15 7:45 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 14:26 ` info-find-source Stefan Monnier
2018-01-20 17:00 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
2018-01-20 17:29 ` info-find-source Stefan Monnier
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2018-01-15 4:31 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
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2018-01-17 6:18 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
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