From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kaushal Modi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: info-find-source Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:29:21 +0000 Message-ID: References: <86tvvufeh0.fsf@zoho.com> <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-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515814102 881 195.159.176.226 (13 Jan 2018 03:28:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:28:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 13 04:28:17 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 1eaCUH-0007bo-5J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:28:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33419 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaCWG-0000RL-NZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33780) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaCVj-0000Qs-7h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:29:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaCVi-0007jT-3n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:29:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c05::236]:41208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaCVh-0007ij-UG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:29:34 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-yw0-x236.google.com with SMTP id b129so3340850ywa.8 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:29:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=1YV3Dry2hLdPGAXLjlLkZPLAjUQ1i1A5mFHJKsvVbpE=; b=eXDAPjXpRzsK0u1XDqYlBIGYcUIeR8iMerewd8+QadN9/DQXfrK/jVtdJapsABOc4H mKG+PV7xeswn0l9PYGe9vTHB4AdRs6idHOD8QKltOAqaZrgEGQxy9j6Uf6Zm4y67anyA ndSK5lTZvuiF6hV/kqgLbgNTjuyj/+jEDs79N5ZQ58UJZY3obnpoCxxxBAAwpFusnQqs LCAt8Rn1DMD/fRDVDL/7bOO3lSyZeOCqZdbqrY5zHGlXFE3Z4aHzKpMtmE3Z+f9iieeH WMdlQYnoYPP5Xbtysy4MeD1hLPpRmQQfDO/XTRW9nan/if8PS5gktL2njRVvjgV3PDOT K/aQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=1YV3Dry2hLdPGAXLjlLkZPLAjUQ1i1A5mFHJKsvVbpE=; b=oyMS4/FxwDb1y0AGmsQKRGYomjGTG9PBUPr9U6J5yZzgjSIcFncSElS4BxyaCKKDQN R/2INMjTQbbLuIVgcrC6TkdbunrRMffBUHKHH9pv9tnaEpBoRoBbhTv0z+d9EFiFeLhr j78tK47d0LGiOofXrCsijsoIyj5Em5bGSAba/O7bN0GofJj0EHtcpWz5o88+LutjKmzr x/Ta+Rv/I1ZkfDiWtnr25cuXcMjxuBhc+Z0ss7p50V7wsjlUOr1CS1Gn8c+BkVrELpDG e4AYG8I6Y2vcPRA5HGs+v7RrqMQMietSYWBjQ/KcoztZnyYPuftcp3+F5nDTpPA0onXq hF9A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJ9Ds2vEhEdH2vZwT2i8k24vaUhUZHqzQgpFf53X3lbrwvRLmvO U7/q3xDC5toBItEPdapcTfHTPwFGwb+ahUmLdw4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBosiepCEPy2moRfjs3RF6B6zRTKgF3Vj6qLHgqe+ag0wMkn58/QWK1F51BV7u6/eOw4tvPxVTgBuxTztqi6GkJE= X-Received: by 10.129.114.215 with SMTP id n206mr17876361ywc.427.1515814172310; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:29:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <867esmk28h.fsf@zoho.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4002:c05::236 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 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:115679 Archived-At: On Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 7:55 PM 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.! > > With a text file, you bring that file up - > which is always the same for a given piece of > software - and make a search up or down in > the document. > > this is faster and easier, again using only the > everyday commands and finger-habits which has > nothing to do with info or any other major or > minor mode. > All of what you said is a non-issue. You basically need to learn to use Info (C-h i h). If you don't want to learn it and search just plain text, that's fine too. > -- Kaushal Modi