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26.3; Undocumented keys for Info mode

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 39042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, idirectscm <at> aim.com
Subject: bug#39042: 26.3; Undocumented keys for Info mode
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:06:12 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Cc: 39042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  idirectscm <at> aim.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:44:41 +0200
> 
> -   ["Go to Node..." Info-goto-node
> +   "---"
> +   ("History"
> +    ["Back in history" Info-history-back :active Info-history
> +     :help "Go back in history to the last node you were at"]
> +    ["Forward in history" Info-history-forward :active Info-history-forward
> +     :help "Go forward in history"]
> +    ["Show History" Info-history :active Info-history-list
> +     :help "Go to menu of visited nodes"])
> +   ("Jump to"

I'd use "Go to", not "Jump to".

> -   ["Copy Node Name" Info-copy-current-node-name
> -    :help "Copy the name of the current node into the kill ring"]
> -   ["Clone Info buffer" clone-buffer
> -    :help "Create a twin copy of the current Info buffer."]
> +   ("Misc"
> +    ["Copy Node Name" Info-copy-current-node-name
> +     :help "Copy the name of the current node into the kill ring"]
> +    ["Clone Info buffer" clone-buffer
> +     :help "Create a twin copy of the current Info buffer."])

This only gains one menu item, at the price of hiding 2 items from the
user ("Misc" doesn't really say what's under it).  I'd leave these 2
alone.

Thanks.

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