GNU bug report logs - #27574
25.2; `Info-use-header-line' documentation

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 19:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 27574 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27574: 25.2; `Info-use-header-line' documentation
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 17:24:17 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The doc should say that toggling the value has no effect if Info has
> already been opened.  It's not even enough to quit Info.  Apparently you
> must kill any `Info-mode' buffers and then open Info again, to see the
> change.  This is not obvious.

This doesn't seem to be the case on the trunk, at least -- following any
link in the Info buffer then gives you a display that respects this
variable.

I think that's acceptable, and doesn't need clarification in the
variable doc string.

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