From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: info-find-source
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:46:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180113074636.GB11417@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <867esmk28h.fsf@zoho.com>
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On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 01:54:06AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Another example where info is slower is this
> very common situation.
>
> 1. You look something up with info and use it.
>
> 2. You look something else up and use that.
>
> 3, or I mean 1b - because the first thing
> didn't quite work! Now, with info, you have to
> navigate back to that node to see what it
> really said. And maybe between steps 1 and 2,
> you looked up something else still, which you
> didn't use, which might even belong to some
> different program, etc. etc.!
Ahh... the "lost in cyberspace" syndrome. It was widespread
in the Internets around 1990. These days less, because all
there is is Facebook ;-)
(a bit tongue-in-cheek, as you might guess).
Perhaps some kind of visual orientation help
(akin to some breadcrumbs) might help there?
Cheers
- -- t
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2018-01-10 5:51 info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-11 4:49 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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2018-01-11 5:25 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-11 21:05 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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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
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2018-01-12 21:24 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-12 22:39 ` info-find-source Bob Proulx
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2018-01-13 0:54 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 3:29 ` info-find-source Kaushal Modi
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2018-01-13 3:55 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 14:16 ` info-find-source Kaushal Modi
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2018-01-14 7:20 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-13 7:46 ` tomas [this message]
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
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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
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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
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2018-01-15 4:17 ` info-find-source Emanuel Berg
2018-01-15 18:54 ` info-find-source Marcin Borkowski
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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