GNU bug report logs - #5658
23.1; Viewing .info files in Emacs' info-viewer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: usr.gentoo <at> googlemail.com

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#5658: 23.1; Viewing .info files in Emacs' info-viewer
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:45:33 -0500

> This doesn't work too.  It seems `Info-on-current-buffer' was created
> exactly for the purpose to be associated with .info in auto-mode-alist.
> It is not used anywhere else.

Yes, I wrote Info-on-current-buffer specifically for this kind of use,
but no it doesn't work for the auto-mode-alist, really.
There is no good reason why it can't work for auto-mode-alist, but it's
the way it currently is.  Patches welcome,


        Stefan
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