Subject: Re: bug#4897: 23.1.50; Info-index and ? in minibuffer

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 06:25:07 +0100

Glenn Morris <[email-masked]> writes:

> severity 4897 wishlist
> stop
>
> Helmut Eller wrote:
>
>> The key binding for ? in the minibuffer can be very annoying for the
>> Info-index command.
>
> It behaves the same way as in the stand-alone info reader.
> You can use `C-q ?' for a literal '?'.

IMO, it would be better to remove the "?" binding.  One could use
the more natural "TAB" binding instead.

However, given that this is very long-standing behaviour, can we
really change it now?  Any opinions?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas