From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how do I visit a file in info mode?
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:17:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bpf74ars.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <668c430c1003011721v7dce4de7x7f6582959fe99f8c@mail.gmail.com>
> From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:21:55 -0800
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> Here, the new code just quietly ignores the numeric prefix
??? How do you mean ``ignore''? If I type "C-u 100 C-h i", I get a
buffer "*info*<100>" with the Info main directory.
> "non-numeric prefix" is a new feature that must have cropped up in the
> last 20 years. :-D
It's been in Emacs since day one, actually. Maybe you are just
unfamiliar with the term, which means "there is an argument, but it is
not a number".
> > In this case, from the doc string (`C-h k C-h i'):
> >
> > "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."
>
> I know the stuff is always documented somewhere. The problem is
> finding it.
The doc string of the command is not ``somewhere''. It's generally
the first place to look.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-02 4:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-02 0:12 how do I visit a file in info mode? Bruce Korb
2010-03-02 0:27 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2010-03-02 0:28 ` Drew Adams
2010-03-02 0:52 ` Bruce Korb
2010-03-02 1:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-03-02 1:21 ` Bruce Korb
2010-03-02 3:54 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-03-02 4:17 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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