From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: breadcrumbs for Info . . . . . . Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:32:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87tzfxb2xx.fsf@ambire.localdomain> References: <009d01c8cb55$13d53e20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87fxrkltma.fsf@jurta.org> <00ae01c8cb71$c26aeef0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <873ankqou6.fsf@jurta.org> <00d901c8cbc9$7df36fb0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87tzfzk331.fsf@jurta.org> <00a501c8ccdd$93328720$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <002401c8cd1f$98631650$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87hcbxd8t8.fsf@ambire.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213382174 22279 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 18:36:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 20:36:58 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K7E8p-0005RO-TN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:36:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7E81-0003Fi-IW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:36:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7E7x-0003Fd-Ae for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:35:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7E7u-0003FO-Tu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:35:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40136 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7E7u-0003FL-Np for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:35:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [151.61.143.184] (port=33045 helo=ambire.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7E7u-0007wB-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:35:54 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire.localdomain with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K7E54-00032z-Dw; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:32:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:05:23 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:99139 Archived-At: () Stefan Monnier () Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:05:23 -0400 That's not the same: the fact that the breadcrumbs are displayed is an important part of it: breadcrumbs are not just links, they're primarily a way for the user to quickly figure out where she is within the whole document structure. It need not be intimately part of it. I acknowledge the usefulness and desirability of collecting "where am i" info, but not the proposed display method. Luckily, collection and display can be separated. thi