Subject: bug#22512: toggle showing Info index numbers

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:38:53 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:

> In Info mode:
>
>  1 .. 9	Pick first ... ninth item in node's menu.
> 	  Every third `*' is highlighted to help pick the right number.
>
> Please:
> 1. Add a way to go to the 43rd item, not just "place cursor upon the first
> item and type ESC 43 CTRL+N, then RET".

The utility of jumping to the 43rd menu item seems very slim.  I mean,
the 1 ... 9 shortcuts are already pretty ... non-useful.

> 2. Add a toggle, so each item in an index now shows its number.
>
> E.g.,
> * The iplookup router::
> * The manualroute router::
> * The queryprogram router::
> * The redirect router::
> * Environment for running local transports.
>
> Becomes
> * 43 The iplookup router::
> * 44 The manualroute router::
> * 45 The queryprogram router::
> * 46 The redirect router::
> * 47 Environment for running local transports: Environment for local transports.

This sounds like a very unemacsey way to behave.  In Emacs, we don't
count or enter ad-hoc numbers to navigate; we just move the cursor
movement commands.  So I'm closing this bug report.

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