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: Divergence in menu appearance between Emacs Info and standalone Info Date: 05 Jun 2003 12:23:55 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200306041404.h54E4SO30552@f7.net> <200306041501.h54F1Tq3025762@rum.cs.yale.edu> <2110-Wed04Jun2003182418+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <200306041531.h54FV9Qs025989@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200306041714.h54HEURm026453@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200306050238.h552cIj26820@eel.dms.auburn.edu> 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 1054783468 15925 80.91.224.249 (5 Jun 2003 03:24:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 03:24:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 05 05:24:25 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 19NlML-00048G-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 05:24:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19NleD-0003EB-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 05:42:41 +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 19NlOB-0006eg-SO for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19NlNZ-0006F2-Ew for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:25:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19NlN8-0005Qa-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19NlMo-0004j6-6i; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:24:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.195])h553O6w10920; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:24:06 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id h553O5509620; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:24:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg03.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.203]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id h553O5J07501; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:24:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id MAA28592; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:24:04 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) with ESMTP id h553NuNH007745; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:23:56 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id C7AEF3732; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:23:55 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200306050238.h552cIj26820@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 14 Original-cc: karl@freefriends.org Original-cc: eliz@elta.co.il Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org 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:14743 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14743 Luc Teirlinck writes: > The point I am trying to make is that it is useful for an Info user to > know the concept of a node name, it is not something of purely > internal importance. It does also not necessarily mean that node > names should be displayed in menus, that is a separate question. I think that's the important point -- for users and the `g' command, node names are something associated with a node, and the fact that menus also use them is just an implementation detail. -Miles -- P.S. All information contained in the above letter is false, for reasons of military security.