From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: info-find-source Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:46:36 +0100 Message-ID: <20180113074636.GB11417@tuxteam.de> References: <86a7xlezm7.fsf@zoho.com> <86shbcdpr5.fsf@zoho.com> <86po6eke67.fsf@zoho.com> <86inc6kbyb.fsf@zoho.com> <867esmk28h.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; x-action=pgp-signed X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515829525 10826 195.159.176.226 (13 Jan 2018 07:45:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 07:45:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 13 08:45:20 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGVA-0002GI-B6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:45:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47244 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGX9-0001wa-UP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:47:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGWe-0001vo-Jl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:46:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGWZ-0006H8-LR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:48276) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGWZ-00066w-Ax for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:46:43 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=20171004; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:Date; bh=VCsrV5YaeMNow/CAhGJZb7/1i33d+ZKuJFJ9cvxdSnk=; b=COsNXUafin2RR+F4OPt5sGZ+WjauY3XgYuWmOfhsqfXAYG0m+rEZOUt1ngQSacx9fw5EYiPYfugwYV6qc4WPsDDdASFlFKi2DfUW+aR9VOG79DpIfzidqZuwJGm+5mNqtUJoTqtco8XqlMceMC+iUBXak28SvuHFMsbVLfrAtLJU6bpH5q5wAUq6+NtcAWvTNSKft+Tt6bSv9GMOTsWyPPKo5HxWIUsnRhr4fj936/ruySwPlQNr1tPuKRVguSAEWwLUTnY3rQaif++vIaFI77uvzRdJeqQwoZijzZtsVexppR0O7PvDcfRn/qqRTUhDSwZk7LLbd76ueOly+OpxsQ==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGWS-0003Bn-7l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:46:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: <867esmk28h.fsf@zoho.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 5.199.139.25 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:115686 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlpZuVwACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYo6gCeJNMw4OwS03zY6UqGZIyAHKDI V/0Anj+r7GLw+idvYx5M/FDQ4RlqhD55 =Zoq5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----