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M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 36525 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:53:36 +0200

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

>> Ah ha...
>> So how about instead of the user typing M-x M-n, he just types M-x for
>> the exact same effect.
>> Now all he has to do is either hit RET, or replace the text with what he
>> wants instead.
>
> Inserting text in the minibuffer is intrusive and discouraged;
> see (info "(elisp) Initial Input").

So I don't think there's anything to fix here, and I'm closing this bug
report.

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