GNU bug report logs - #16405
info on non-existent node shows raw info buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 04:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 16405 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16405: info on non-existent node shows raw info buffer
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:24:34 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:04:11 +0200
> Cc: 16405 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> BTW, I see a similar problem with
> 
>   (info "(File That Does Not Exist)Node That Does Not Exist")
> 
> It displays an empty Info buffer.  I guess it would make sense to visit
> the Dir node in this case.

Only if you are not in Info already, I hope.  Otherwise, visiting DIR
doesn't make sense: we should stay put in the node where we were.
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