GNU bug report logs - #62320
30.0.50; Thoughts about (info "(emacs) Bugs")

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #49 received at 62320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, eliz <at> gnu.org, 62320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62320: 30.0.50; Thoughts about (info "(emacs) Bugs")
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:01:06 -0400
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  > > Info's navigation is helpful when nodes are reasonable in size.
  > > For long nodes, they are less helpful because they don't help
  > > users find interesting _parts_ of a long node.

  > In my texinfo files, I use @anchor inside long nodes. This allows better
  > references to specific information in that node.

I can see that it will help -- but splitting the node is a bigger
improvement.  It takes more work, but we can do it.


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