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Re: info-mode needs history navigation.
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Kevin A. Burton |
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Re: info-mode needs history navigation. |
Date: |
03 Nov 2001 18:01:42 -0800 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> I will be removing Info-last though. This destroys the Info-history list.
>
> Sorry, I am not sure what that means. I thought that Info-last would
> be replaced by one of the new history-navigating commands, and I
> thought that you would be upgrading the Info-history list rather than
> destroying it. Is that not so?
I thought about this some more and I don't really know what the best approach
should be. Maybe someone could give me some feedback.
The way I see it we need to support history navigation both forwards and
backwords.
I think this leaves us with the following approaches.
1. remove Info-last and create two new functions and bindings including
Info-history-forwards and Info-history-backwards
- PROS: elegant and straight forward.
- CONS: breaks backwards compatibility and requires users to learn new key
bindings.
2. Keep Info-last and write a new function which handles forward navigation. I
don't know what to call this new function (any suggestions?).
- PROS: keeps backwards compatibility, preserves key bindings.
- CONS: leaves us in an ackward position because the alternative nav
function (Info-first) is little confusing.
3. Keep Info-last but this will be an alias for Info-history-backwards and
pursue case 1.
- PROS: elegant and straight forward. Keeps backwards compatibility,
preserves key bindings.
- CONS: ???
I think this pretty much sums it up... I would prefer ot implement use case
3...
Thoughts?
Kevin
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