From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:11:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <87ppbqb6s1.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9x2f9me.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87a92uf8ik.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8761dif6ib.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k31xkue1.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87mw6tj8gp.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87388ldj1f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418397176 25406 80.91.229.3 (12 Dec 2014 15:12:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Phillip Lord , Emacs-Devel devel To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 12 16:12:50 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRtg-0002JH-D7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:12:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57766 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRtf-0005vP-Ua for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:12:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46449) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRtS-0005vK-1E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:12:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRtR-0004o4-3x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:12:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::229]:54835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRtP-0004nj-DM; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:12:31 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id y19so9343671wgg.28 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:12:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=AnLl8OA5AN+5NdWgq/+Y1okf7L6uoUR+8V1YEzSZnQY=; b=lR74/A26cGBEBcH4XVz1se6DxE6w+hpZKGVC8j/MaF6YErTXbH/jBhV0r/mjUXmMDL NXFFqrghLjCcdPH1ctzHiZcsScbEbM2zbQXLyWDWl9mWrcRXEFZpPQT8CIP/Va9SmkEa JeYs3w91YW+dwXjeFyp3u96KeXkXAYipnF8yAaFEZz/WdLHtFOq3aQdMzIdARqcG7n9m gD07qmrwQ3BvK8XGsDOXFLkdD+8vGUDf4fm9wCuiXV0Jre+G7+gXuVT2227l4+hLI/5c 8W/WhiZd2V76eWOWrnOvd4Dna95uuLqGQSLk4iq+HiCr1XQoh1e7t8NQMl2zpmlg7AFK VlmA== X-Received: by 10.180.20.106 with SMTP id m10mr8549765wie.1.1418397150697; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:12:30 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.194.93.228 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:11:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87388ldj1f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::229 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179923 Archived-At: On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:44 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Lennart Borgman writes: > >> I guess that searching like that is what people are used to today >> (except for fields, of course). I like the Emacs built in >> documentation for functions and variables very much. However that is >> limited to elisp. To me Info is much more inconvenient. Personally I >> would prefer some searching enhanced with fields there. > > Shrug. The Info index uses exactly the same completion/input as the > builtin documentation for functions and variables: wildcards, completion > lists and all. Which is not much of a surprise since it uses the same > code. Eh, yes. And that is both good and a problem. The logical structure of the information you are looking for is perhaps a bit different.