RE: Virtual Info keyword finder

["Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> I'd like to close the following TODO item from etc/TODO:
> 
> ** Replace finder.el with something that generates an Info file
>    which gives the same information through a menu structure.
> 
> It was easily implementable with a small patch using the virtual
> Info manual architecture.  The Top node contains a menu with links
> to keyword nodes, and each keyword node contains a menu with links
> to nodes with a commentary section:

(Caveat: I didn't try it; I just glanced at it.)

In spite of that TODO entry, can we please call this something else, and keep
finder.el as it is?

Info mode is not as simple as Finder mode - it has extra features and extra
limitations, which means it interacts differently from Finder with other (minor)
modes that users might use at the same time.

For example, I use Finder mode in combination with Linkd minor mode.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LinkdMode

Linkd has its own kind of hypertext links. In Finder, these work within and
between (Finder) Commentary buffers. Without Finder, the same Linkd links still
work within and between sections of files (including Commentary sections).

Coupling Finder with Info in the way you propose makes it follow Info's
limitations, from syntax to behavior, including UI. I'm not against an Info
extension to give it Finder-like functionality - that would be good. But I don't
want to see plain old, simple Finder get lost in the bargain. It is a useful
tool in its own right.