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info on non-existent node shows raw info buffer |
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Thu, 09 Jan 2014 23:54:38 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Package: emacs
Version: 24.3
(info "(emacs)Node That Does Not Exist")
This dumps you in a raw, unformatted info buffer, which is not very
friendly. I think it should format the info buffer as normal, go to the
start, and only then return
user-error: No such node or anchor: Node That Does Not Exist
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Re: bug#16405: info on non-existent node shows raw info buffer |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:05:03 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> (info "(File That Does Not Exist)Node That Does Not Exist")
>>
>> It displays an empty Info buffer. I guess it would make sense to visit
>> the Dir node in this case.
>
> Only if you are not in Info already, I hope. Otherwise, visiting DIR
> doesn't make sense: we should stay put in the node where we were.
This is fixed now to visit DIR only if no previous node is already visited.
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