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[wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode

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From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:58:29 +0800

severity wishlist

It will be good/convenient if we can use =/+, - and 0 to adjust the font
size in Info mode.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16162 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16162: [wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:39:09 +0200

> It will be good/convenient if we can use =/+, - and 0 to adjust the font
> size in Info mode.

You can use C-x C-+/=/0/- in Info mode.  But a single key -
is used for a negative numeric argument in Info mode.

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From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 16162 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16162: [wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:40:55 +0800

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> wrote:
>> It will be good/convenient if we can use =/+, - and 0 to adjust the font
>> size in Info mode.
>
> You can use C-x C-+/=/0/- in Info mode.  But a single key -
> is used for a negative numeric argument in Info mode.

For me, text-scale-decrease is much more useful than negative-argument.
Could you please provide a use case for negative argument in Info mode?

(And we still have `C--', `M--' and `C-M--' for negative-argument.)

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 16162 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#16162: [wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:58:01 -0800 (PST)

> For me, text-scale-decrease is much more useful than negative-argument.
> Could you please provide a use case for negative argument in Info mode?
> 
> (And we still have `C--', `M--' and `C-M--' for negative-argument.)

FWIW, I use it all the time.  There are plenty of commands that one can
use in Info mode and that take a prefix argument, including an arg of -1.

We should not be encouraging the use of prefix-arg keys as something else
*anywhere* in Emacs, including in Info.

Of course, a user is free to bind whatever keys s?he wants.

Besides, `C-x C-- C-- C--... is trivial: just hold down Ctrl.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 16162 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16162: [wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:21:09 -0500

> For me, text-scale-decrease is much more useful than negative-argument.

Why is it so important in info-mode particularly?
The C-x C-+ binding is global and seems "good enough", especially since
it is repeatable, e.g. C-x C-+ C-+ C-+.


        Stefan

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From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
To: 16162-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16162: [wishlist] Adjusting font size in Info mode
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:01:38 +0800

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> For me, text-scale-decrease is much more useful than negative-argument.
>
> Why is it so important in info-mode particularly?
> The C-x C-+ binding is global and seems "good enough", especially since
> it is repeatable, e.g. C-x C-+ C-+ C-+.

Or even easier: `C-x C-= = = =', although I still find it not convenient
enough...

Anyway, I'll close this bug and customize it myself.  Thanks for your
replies.

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