From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David.Kastrup@t-online.de (David Kastrup) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Divergence in menu appearance between Emacs Info and standalone Info Date: 04 Jun 2003 23:54:22 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: dak@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054763717 22278 80.91.224.249 (4 Jun 2003 21:55:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 04 23:55:14 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 19NgDy-0005n8-00 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:55:14 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19NgVj-0008Pg-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 00:13:35 +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 19NgFT-0000wy-BQ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:56:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19NgF2-0000p5-ES for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19NgEw-0000jC-Il for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:56:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout11.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.85]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19NgDI-0008R9-7V; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:54:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd03.aul.t-online.de by mailout11.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 19NgDG-00048z-04; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:54:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (Xdi+p+Z-Yejw3dIu1ltef4rwCh7tdSDvZhq8x7v8Rpi08pdiCGlpE3@[217.80.160.71]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 19NgDA-108E8u0; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:54:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h54LsNRl032058; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:54:23 +0200 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h54LsMYu032054; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:54:22 +0200 Original-To: Andreas Schwab In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-Seen: false X-ID: Xdi+p+Z-Yejw3dIu1ltef4rwCh7tdSDvZhq8x7v8Rpi08pdiCGlpE3@t-dialin.net Original-cc: rms@gnu.org Original-cc: karl@gnu.org 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:14716 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14716 Andreas Schwab writes: > Miles Bader writes: > > |> Richard Stallman writes: > |> > Meanwhile, Emacs already modifies the Info buffer for display, so > |> > instead of making that text invisible, perhaps it should delete the > |> > text and put the information from it into text properties of the menu > |> > item names. > |> > |> That would solve a lot of minor problems the current method causes, and > |> generally be more robust, I think. Are there any downsides to doing it > |> that way? > > While we are at it we should refrain from refilling paragraphs, because > that frequently messes up the formatting in a way such that the result is > misleading or difficult to read. TeXinfo has provisions for tables and preformatted code. Normal text should be reflown to fit the window width, and it is done in the standalone info generation, too. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum