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Re: info: SPACE cycle in texinfo.info


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: info: SPACE cycle in texinfo.info
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:30:43 +0200

> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:15:37 +0100
> From: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
> 
> `info info' tells me that I can put a brick on SPACE in order to speed
> through a whole manual, front to back, in the info browser.

This is only true if the node structure in a manual is a tree.  Most
manuals are like this, but that's not necessary.

> I tried
> that with the texinfo manual itself.  It gets stuck in the middle,
> jumping from `12.1.3 listoffloats' back to `12.1.1 float'.  Bug in info,
> texinfo, or subtle hint that I am supposed to read about floating
> environments a bit more yet?  ;-)

Looks like some kind of problem in Info, perhaps triggered by the fact
that "float" and its parent "Floats" both begin with the same string.
IIRC, when Info looks for a node, it is willing to accept a substring
as an argument.

> The fact that SPACE at the end of the Command and Variable Index gets me
> back to `14.3.2 Ending a Sentence' seems a bit arbitrary, too.

SPACE at the end of a node with a menu goes to the first menu item,
which in "Command and Variable Index" happens to be "Ending a
Sentence".  It seems arbitrary because the order of menu items in an
index is alphabetical by the index entry, it lacks any logical order.
So this is intended behavior.



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