GNU bug report logs - #24282
25.1; Better search overwrapping behaviour for `,' in Info?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:58:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, 24282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24282: 25.1; Better search overwrapping behaviour for `,' in Info?
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:18:33 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson),  24282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:57:52 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > This is what the stand-alone Info reader does, except that it also
> > beeps, as when the user makes a mistake.  Frankly, I was always
> > annoyed that Emacs doesn't behave that way, so I'd welcome an option
> > to make it behave like the stand-alone reader.
> 
> I've now added this to Emacs 28 -- and defaulted it to "on" (via the
> Info-warn-on-index-alternatives-wrap user option) because I think it's
> probably what most new users would want.

Thanks.  I will certainly want that.
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