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RE: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:34:04 -0800 |
> emacs -Q
> Go to an Info manual, or even the top level (dir).
> Use Info-goto-node, choosing the completion candidate `*'.
> The current node stays current, but now the node name in the
> mode line etc.
> is `*'.
>
> IMO, `*' should not be one of the available completion candidates.
>
> `*' gets added by `Info-build-node-completions'. It seems to have only
> an internal purpose, and it should be removed from the final set of
> completions.
>
> In GNU Emacs 22.1.90.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
> of 2008-01-30 on PRETEST
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags
> -Ic:/gnuwin32/include'
I should have added that after you do `Info-goto-node *' the Info buffer is
widened, so you see all of the node headers in raw form. So this is a worse
bug than simply allowing an extra `*' completion that doesn't do anything
except mess up the mode line.
- Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Drew Adams, 2008/02/17
- RE: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Bastien, 2008/02/17
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Bastien Guerry, 2008/02/17
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Bastien Guerry, 2008/02/17
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/18
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Bastien, 2008/02/18
- RE: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Drew Adams, 2008/02/21
- RE: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Drew Adams, 2008/02/17
- Re: Info-build-node-completions has an extra `*' node, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17