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23.0.60; T in Info when in (dir)

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#397: 23.0.60; T in Info when in (dir)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:11:45 +0200

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

> `T' in Info when you are at the directory level (dir), should either
> raise an error or DTRT.
>
> To DTRT, it could do either of these:
>
> - return to the directory listing (which is useless),
>   which is the top-level TOC
> - show the contents of all manuals (pretty costly),
>   which is the detailed TOC
>
> Currently, what `T' does is worse than useless. It shows this, where
> (dir) and the second Top are links to the same place - the directory
> you just came from:
>
>  Up: (dir)
>  File: toc,  Node: Top
>
>  Table of Contents
>  *****************
>
>  Top.

This seems like it's fixed now.  If I `T' in the top level node, it just
says "user-error: No such node or anchor: *TOC*".

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