From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21594: 25.0.50; (elisp): node `Variable Definitions' is not reachable by `i variable definition' Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:07:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87v9vgg0vv.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="24322"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 21594@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 01 21:08:24 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htGR6-0006DF-2j for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:08:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58576 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htGR5-0003PX-5S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQl-0003GD-Nq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:08:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQk-0001nU-L2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46433) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQj-0001n0-UC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQj-00061F-O8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:08:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21594 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 21594-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21594.156468647323122 (code B ref 21594); Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21594) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Aug 2019 19:07:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55254 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQb-00060s-FK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:07:53 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:44546) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQZ-00060k-Vr for 21594@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:07:52 -0400 Original-Received: from 77.18.62.220.tmi.telenormobil.no ([77.18.62.220] helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htGQW-00032y-Ox; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:07:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:46:26 -0700 (PDT)") 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: 209.51.188.43 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:164257 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > The problem is more the node name than the index entry. The node title, > within the node, is `Defining Customization Variables', which is much > better. > > I imagine that the node name was picked because the node is a subnode of > node `Customization', but that is not a good enough reason. > `Info-goto-node' handles the nodes of a manual in a flat way. > > A node named `Variable Definitions' should cover all of defvar, > defconst, and defcustom. Likewise, an index entry named `variable > definition'. IOW, someone hunting for info about variable definitions > should be able to get to general info about all kinds of variable > definitions. I'm not quite sure what you want to have done here. As you say, that node isn't really about "variable definitions", so it seems like a very good thing that "variable definition" doesn't take you there, but to "12.5 Defining Global Variables", which makes more sense. Or is this something that has been fixed in the intervening years? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no