[jidanni@dman.ddts.net: Info-index: ahhahah sucker, No Index]

[jidanni@dman.ddts.net: Info-index: ahhahah sucker, No Index]

[Richard Stallman]

I think this is a real bug; if the i command can't find an index, it
should signal an error before reading an argument.

Would someone like to fix it?

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In Info I'm looking at
gnuplot
*******
* Menu:
* gnuplot::
* Commands::
* Graphical User Interfaces::
* Bugs::

and I hit i, Info-index.
Well, I am prompted and dutifully fill in the minibuffer, and
Ahahaha sucker, "No Index".
Why can't it just tell me up front instead of pulling the spiteful 3
shell game, as it can easily check before prompting me.
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Re: [jidanni@dman.ddts.net: Info-index: ahhahah sucker, No Index]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 08:56:03 -0400
> 
> I think this is a real bug; if the i command can't find an index, it
> should signal an error before reading an argument.

The standalone Info reader from GNU Texinfo indeed does that: it says
"No indices found" as soon as you hit `i'.

Re: [jidanni@dman.ddts.net: Info-index: ahhahah sucker, No Index]

[Luc Teirlinck]

Richard Stallman wrote:

   I think this is a real bug; if the i command can't find an index, it
   should signal an error before reading an argument.

   Would someone like to fix it?

Were you able to reproduce any instance of this bug in the current
CVS?  I was able to reproduce the bug in emacs-21.2.90 (which is the
latest version of Emacs I have installed other than the current CVS)
but not in the latest CVS itself.  In yesterday's CVS hitting i in
info when there is no index immediately prints:
No index
in the echo area, without any previous prompting.
Thus, it would seem like this bug is already fixed in the current CVS.

Sincerely,

Luc.

Re: [jidanni@dman.ddts.net: Info-index: ahhahah sucker, No Index]

[Richard Stallman]

    Were you able to reproduce any instance of this bug in the current
    CVS?

I did not try to reproduce it, I just thought about the issue.
Thanks for checking, and I'm glad it is fixed.