From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20213: 25.0.50; Info top level (dir) instructions Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427485834 16277 80.91.229.3 (27 Mar 2015 19:50:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:50:34 +0000 (UTC) To: 20213@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 27 20:50:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1YbaGh-0007J5-VV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:50:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51658 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbaGh-0004CO-9g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:49:33 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:100982 Archived-At: The instructions say this: The Info Directory ****************** The Info Directory is the top-level menu of major Info topics. Type "d" in Info to return to the Info Directory. Type "q" to exit Info. Type "?" for a list of Info commands, or "h" to visit an Info tutorial. Type "m" to choose a menu item--for instance, "mEmacs" visits the Emacs manual. In Emacs Info, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to follow it to its target. Each menu line that starts with a * is a topic you can select with "m". Every third topic has a red * to help pick the right number to type. But what does this mean: "to help pick the right number to type"? It means something to oldtimers, no doubt, but to someone new to Emacs and seeing that for the first time? It probably means nothing to them. What's missing, I think, is any mention that you can just type the number of a menu item to follow its link (visit that manual or node). For example, you can just hit `5' to go to the Elisp manual from the top (dir) node. And at the top level of the Elisp manual you can just hit `2' to go to node `Lisp Data Types'. Mentioning that in the top-level instructions, along with all the rest that is said (e.g., mouse-2), will make the mysterious phrase clear. FWIW, the quickest way to get to the Elisp manual is, AFAIK, `C-h i 5'. In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-10-20 on LEG570 Bzr revision: 118168 rgm@gnu.org-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=3D-DGLYPH_DEBUG=3D1'