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Re: puzzling behaviour of `info` at end of index


From: Benno Schulenberg
Subject: Re: puzzling behaviour of `info` at end of index
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:59:55 +0200
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I think setting scroll-behavior to "Next Only" would do what you
> want:

No.  I want scroll-behaviour to be Continous.  Using only 
scroll-forward should show me all of the nodes, not just the
few first levels nodes.  But then: it should stop at the end.
(Or loop to the top, configurable, whatever the user prefers.)

> > For that a fourth value would be needed, "Loop", which would
> > make the top node the Next node of the last, and the last the
> > Previous of the top node.
>
> FWIW, I don't see a need for such behavior: the structure of the
> document is set by its author; if the author wanted such a loop,

Well, higher hackers like you probably think in structures, in 
hierarchies, in graphs, and you have no problem with hitting the 
appropriate keys to move around in them.  But for simple persons 
like me, everything is soup.  And I wish to just swim around in it 
without having to step over sills, climb over hedges, or jump 
through hoops.  It should be possible to read any document with 
just a single key: <CursorDown>.  And when reaching the end, it 
should be possible to configure it so that it simply restarts at the 
beginning without having to scroll all the way back up.  Why force 
the user to adapt to the program or the document?  Why not give her 
the possibility to configure the program to her liking?

Benno




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