GNU bug report logs - #20213
25.0.50; Info top level (dir) instructions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:50:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 20213-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 20213-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20213: 25.0.50; Info top level (dir) instructions
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:42:41 +0300
> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:49:32 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
>   In Emacs Info, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item
>   or cross reference to follow it to its target.
>   Each menu line that starts with a * is a topic you can select with "m".
>   Every third topic has a red * to help pick the right number to type.
> 
> But what does this mean: "to help pick the right number to type"?  It
> means something to oldtimers, no doubt, but to someone new to Emacs and
> seeing that for the first time?  It probably means nothing to them.
> 
> What's missing, I think, is any mention that you can just type the
> number of a menu item to follow its link (visit that manual or node).

Thanks, fixed.




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