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: Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes default in Emacs. Date: 23 Jun 2003 10:57:05 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200306201355.h5KDtIH16958@f7.net> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056333656 7341 80.91.224.249 (23 Jun 2003 02:00:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:00:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 23 04:00:54 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19UGda-0001uC-00 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:00:54 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19UGgQ-00044X-00 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:03:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19UGbM-00041x-0L for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:58:36 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19UGaw-0003hW-2M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:58:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19UGam-0003G7-OO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.202]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19UGaf-0001uw-Ew; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:57:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate54.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.195]) h5N1v9H15728; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:57:09 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate52.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.191]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id h5N1v8529728; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:57:08 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.202]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id h5N1v8J11602; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:57:08 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id KAA27050; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:57:07 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) with ESMTP id h5N1v5NH025767; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:57:06 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 4F62A3728; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:57:05 +0900 (JST) Original-To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200306201355.h5KDtIH16958@f7.net> Original-Lines: 18 Original-cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:15188 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15188 karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes: > I believe that the obvious thing to do is to change the default value > of `Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes' from t to nil. Way more transparent > > FWIW, I agree. The current emacs behavior has bothered me since it was > introduced. Me too (I have it set to nil personally). I think `space for paging' is ingrained enough that messing with it like info does is not a good idea. -Miles -- In New York, most people don't have cars, so if you want to kill a person, you have to take the subway to their house. And sometimes on the way, the train is delayed and you get impatient, so you have to kill someone on the subway. [George Carlin]