From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: info-find-source Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:10:12 +0100 Message-ID: <871siudvrv.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <86a7xlezm7.fsf@zoho.com> <86shbcdpr5.fsf@zoho.com> <86po6eke67.fsf@zoho.com> <86inc6kbyb.fsf@zoho.com> <867esmk28h.fsf@zoho.com> <20180113074636.GB11417@tuxteam.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515830967 14355 195.159.176.226 (13 Jan 2018 08:09:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:09:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 27.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 13 09:09:23 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 1eaGsR-000349-Jq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:09:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48563 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGuP-0007Yl-Ji for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:11:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50767) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGtp-0007YH-Bg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:10:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGtj-00049i-3h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:10:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:33748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaGti-00049A-SY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:10:39 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 710D4E6CD7; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:10:35 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id H_Oj8FD34bmP; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:10:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (static-dwadziewiec-jedenpiec7.echostar.pl [109.232.29.157]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D755AE6CB0; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:10:28 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <20180113074636.GB11417@tuxteam.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 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:115687 Archived-At: On 2018-01-13, at 08:46, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > -----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? Info-history-back (bound to `l' by default) anyone? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski