Re: Bug#78504: info: Impossible to scroll just a single line

[Adam Olsen]

On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 19:38:49 +0200
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> Subject: Re: Bug#78504: info: Impossible to scroll just a single line
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> > Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 06:08:55 -0700
> > From: Adam Olsen <address@hidden>
> > 
> > This does make it easier to scroll.  However, it seems to remove all
> abilty
> > to move the cursor.
> 
> "--vi-keys" emulates Less, which also doesn't let you move the cursor.
> 
> Why do you need to move the cursor?  The only reason I can think of is
> to get to a menu item or a cross-reference.  But this can be done by,
> e.g., pressing TAB, or other related keys (press `h' to see them all).

Hmmm.  TAB does work for going through menu items, but there doesn't seem
to be any way to go backwords through them (shift-TAB, the most obvious
method, does nothing.)  Also, enter doesn't work.  After searching through
the 'h', I found that I have to use ctrl-x enter.  The reason I like man is
that it's "simple, straightforward, and intuitive", and this behavior
isn't..  (hrm, just noticed that 'u' doesn't work either.. all that just so
I can scroll a single line at a time?)

On a different note, perhaps a section should be added to the "Info: An
Introduction" titled "For those who like man", "Making info act more like
man", or something equally obvious, that details how other people could do
these options.  That's the first place I looked.