From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24282: 25.1; Better search overwrapping behaviour for `,' in Info? Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:47:30 +0300 Message-ID: <83h9acc131.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87twed6gk4.fsf@moondust.awandering> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471877302 22763 195.159.176.226 (22 Aug 2016 14:48:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:48:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24282@debbugs.gnu.org To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 22 16:48:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1bbqWQ-0005bd-0p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:48:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41795 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWN-0004Ry-Du for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49941) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWD-0004Rj-Sy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqW9-0007rh-Qb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39300) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqW9-0007rb-MU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqW9-00025s-Ih for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:48:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24282 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24282-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24282.14718772498011 (code B ref 24282); Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:48:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24282) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2016 14:47:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37012 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqVc-000259-Sc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:47:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58849) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqVb-00024w-Jh for 24282@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:47:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqVS-0007mE-6O for 24282@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35943) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqVS-0007m0-3F; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1617 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqVQ-0001DV-6P; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:47:16 -0400 In-reply-to: <87twed6gk4.fsf@moondust.awandering> (nljlistbox2@gmail.com) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:122495 Archived-At: > From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) > Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:57:31 -0300 > > When doing an index search of an Info manual using `i', the `,' command > (which cycles through the matches) silently overwraps the search past > the starting point. > > Often when I'm searching, I'll have a vague feeling I've seen the same > node several times before I realise that my search has overwrapped and > that I'm just going around in circles. > > [The start of the overwrapping is not as easy to spot as it might be > because the matches seem to be ordered randomly and the same node can > legitimately occur more than once. (Are they ordered by relevance > perhaps?)] > > I think it would be better (perhaps as an option) if the `,' command > provided an indication when the search overwraps / would overwrap. > Perhaps it could just print an error message instead of overwrapping. > (I'm thinking of isearch's behaviour, when a search would wrap.) A > message something like: > > No more matches, use `,' to continue from start of list. This is what the stand-alone Info reader does, except that it also beeps, as when the user makes a mistake. Frankly, I was always annoyed that Emacs doesn't behave that way, so I'd welcome an option to make it behave like the stand-alone reader. Thanks.