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Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor? |
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Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:11:38 +0200 |
> From: Alejandro Sanchez <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 18:08:16 +0100
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> > If the key bindings are significantly different, the info.info manual
> > will no longer be accurate enough, and Vim users will have no manual
> > to learn how to use Info.
> I know, but the info key bindings don’t make sense in Vim culture; for
> instance, in Vim you use C-D and C-U to scroll up and down half a screen, so
> using space and backspace is unnecessary and might break bindings the user
> has already set up.
Isn't it possible to have both Vim-native and traditional Info key
bindings? That would kill 2 birds in one blow.
> I will provide a manual for info.vim of course and everything will have a
> corresponding analog, so if you know how to use standalone or Emacs info
> you’ll be up and running in no time.
But what about the cross-references from various places to the
info.info manual? Are you going to intercept those as well?
Besides, info.info is not a small manual. Does it really make sense
to write a Vim-specific version of it, and then maintain it in sync
with the upstream version? I wonder.
- [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/05
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Gavin Smith, 2016/11/05
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/06
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/07
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/07
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/07
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?,
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- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/07
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Gavin Smith, 2016/11/07
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- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/08
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Gavin Smith, 2016/11/08
- Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/08
Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?, Alejandro Sanchez, 2016/11/15