From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:37:35 +0900 Message-ID: References: <006901c871b3$f4da48d0$2d58908d@us.oracle.com> <006a01c871b5$33b5a260$2d58908d@us.oracle.com> <87tzk7godg.fsf@jurta.org> <008301c871c1$9f45d5c0$2d58908d@us.oracle.com> <87k5l3cdk0.fsf@jurta.org> <000001c871cd$64e4a6c0$e140908d@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203305876 26911 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2008 03:37:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:37:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Juri Linkov' , emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 04:38:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQwpf-0007zS-4M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:38:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQwpA-0002vb-Mn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQwp6-0002vA-LQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQwp5-0002uq-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQwp4-0002uf-RI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQwp4-0000tG-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JQwp4-0007zp-6t for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQwp1-0000rT-8A for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQwp0-0000ql-F1; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m1I3bak8011277; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:37:36 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:37:36 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:37:35 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id CE1CB60E; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:37:35 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <000001c871cd$64e4a6c0$e140908d@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:27:14 -0800") Original-Lines: 21 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89440 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21183 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > But first things first. What is the rationale for this? Does it really > fulfill a need? If not, let's just get rid of it, to avoid unnecessary > confusion. I agree. Seeing the raw info file as a result of goto-node is pretty odd, unlikely to be very useful for most people (especially now that info does inter-node search very naturally with normal isearch), and fairly likely to confuse those who stumble upon this "feature" by accident. Are there people that use this feature regularly? -Miles -- /\ /\ (^.^) (")") *This is the cute kitty virus, please copy this into your sig so it can spread.