From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: How can I select a .info file for info mode? Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:07:37 -0800 Message-ID: <003b01c96917$2afc6c80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <4956B2A5.2050106@gmail.com> <000b01c968c1$01ac3690$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230487703 11035 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2008 18:08:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:08:23 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Bruce Korb'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 28 19:09:31 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LH04m-0001tH-5A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:09:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34916 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LH03Y-0002El-ND for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:08:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LH03G-0002Eg-CR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:07:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LH03D-0002ES-OR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:07:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38094 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LH03D-0002EP-Ky for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:07:43 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet11.oracle.com ([141.146.126.233]:29170) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LH03D-0005NR-2v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:07:43 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by acsinet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id mBSI8ttZ015165 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:08:56 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt705.oracle.com (acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id mBSI4HIu023784; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:04:19 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.171.49) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:07:32 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: <000b01c968c1$01ac3690$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Thread-Index: AcloplvAuzxQ9jhjSD+UbOemVw1L6wAGhAUgABV6NOA= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090207.4957C066.0110:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60951 Archived-At: I wrote: > > It used to be the case that ``ESC-2 CTL-h i'' gave me the > > opportunity to select the .info file to use for info mode. > > Not any more. Plowing through the docs doesn't give me a > > good enough hint about how to do it either. Please tell > > me there is still a way to do this? > > Searching keybindings did not yield anything promising either. > > I guess I could read the elisp for the previous emacs and my current > > one, but that is too far over the top for me. I don't grok elisp > > very well anyway. > > Yes, `ESC-2 C-h i' (or `M-2 C-h i') works in Emacs before the > Emacs 22 release. Dunno if this change was intentional or is > a bug - you might check the NEWS file to see. If it was not > intentional, then you might want to report a bug using > `M-x report-emacs-bug'. > > In any case, you can still use `C-u C-h i' to do the same > thing - it prompts you > for the Info file to use. I replied separately to the bug report you filed, but I reply here as well, to help others who might be interested. My suggestion above was incomplete. I should have suggested to first, before reading NEWS, look at the doc for the key you're using. `C-h k C-h i' says this as part of the description of command `info': "In interactive use, a non-numeric prefix argument directs this command to read a file name from the minibuffer. A numeric prefix argument selects an Info buffer with the prefix number appended to the Info buffer name." This means: * `C-u C-h i' (using a non-numeric prefix arg) does what you were looking for: prompts for the Info file to use. * `M-2 C-h i' (using a numeric prefix arg) opens Info with the buffer named `*info*<2>'.