From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>,
help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why is the star in front of every info item sometimes black and sometimes red?
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:14:49 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6POKFMvKf1DmDEc3gmkqOwYAbOqJg_sn1caPrQV72BNR2kw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADs++6iwfmfracgiQh5Uz2G3NTGtGwrKWFu-64F+x=ouBDq-gg@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 9:04 AM Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 21:54, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 8:51 AM Michael Heerdegen
> > <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > As you can see, there is a star before each info entry, as shown here
> > > > [1]. But some stars are black, others are red. Does this mean anything
> > > > special?
> > >
> > > When I look up the face I get:
> > >
> > > | Face: info-menu-star
> > > |
> > > | Documentation:
> > > | Face used to emphasize `*' in an Info menu.
> > > | The face is assigned to the third, sixth, and ninth `*' for easier
> > > | orientation. See `Info-nth-menu-item'.
> >
> > But there is no mention of using specific colors as indicators.
>
>
> Hi Hongyi,
>
> try this:
>
> (describe-function 'Info-mode)
>
> You will see this in the description:
>
> 1 .. 9 Pick first ... ninth item in node’s menu.
> Every third ‘*’ is highlighted to help pick the right number.
>
> The highlighted stars are there to help the people who like to use
> the keys 1..9 to navigate info manuals.
Got it, thanks!
HZ
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-10 0:31 Why is the star in front of every info item sometimes black and sometimes red? Hongyi Zhao
2021-12-10 0:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-10 0:54 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-12-10 1:04 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-12-10 1:14 ` Hongyi Zhao [this message]
2021-12-10 17:31 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-12-10 17:59 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2021-12-10 18:16 ` timeanddateformats, was: why " H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-12-10 19:22 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2021-12-10 19:51 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-12-11 19:35 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-12-12 9:23 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-12-12 11:18 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-12-11 19:33 ` Why " Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-12-11 19:30 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-12-10 1:10 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-12-10 3:43 ` Hongyi Zhao
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