From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for "Clone Buffers" (corrected version) Date: 12 Mar 2004 11:45:58 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079071960 1797 80.91.224.253 (12 Mar 2004 06:12:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 06:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 12 07:12:32 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1fuK-00030j-00 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:12:32 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1fuK-0006Ss-00 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:12:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1fJk-0006Bp-1D for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:34:44 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B1fJY-0006Aj-6d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:34:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B1fJ1-00064M-7X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:34:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [210.143.35.52] (helo=TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1chA-0005tA-5e; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.184]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i2C2k1e01683; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:46:27 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i2C2k1I17321; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:46:01 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.17.201]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id i2C2k0H15679; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:46:00 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2C2jwuX023567; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:45:59 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15 (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i2C2jwnX028524; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:45:58 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 3F125498; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:45:58 +0900 (JST) Original-To: David Kastrup System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 23 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20339 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20339 David Kastrup writes: > Is the prefix argument of the following more user-friendly? > > (Info-menu MENU-ITEM &optional FORK) Wow, I didn't know about that -- that _is_ much better! I notice that the name of the resulting forked info buffer contains the name of the target node, which might or might not always be the right thing, but I suppose it's a reasonable guess. > Actually, it might be even more useful if the "d" command for going > to a new directory would also have this FORK functionality, since > _that_ is the point where one usually wants to start a new info > path. And while we are at it, "t" could also make use of a FORK > prefix. Yes those also would be handy... -Miles -- We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde