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bug#11168: All headers but one missing in main *Info* buffer
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Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#11168: All headers but one missing in main *Info* buffer |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:24:54 -0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>>> > 2. `Info-streamline-headings' should be a user option, not a defvar.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure that this is something that people will commonly want to
>>> customize.
>>
>> Why not? (And why must an option be something that's
>> _commonly_ modified by users?)
>
> I just don't think it's all that useful.
>
>> In this bug report you have a user asking about the
>> format/content of Info, with no way to find out about
>> what's happening, without filing a bug.
>
> But that was because there had just been a change, many moons ago.
> Right? Or have we seen many questions since?
>
> IMO, Info-streamline-headings is fine for what it's trying to do, which
> AFAICT is mainly to consolidate all Emacs stuff under one heading.
>
> But it seems to me that the GNU project/Info or whoever should rather
> make sure that the organization of headlines makes sense. It seems
> pretty chaotic on my machine, and different projects seem to follow
> various different conventions. So I'd personally rather users filed bug
> reports to the respective projects, or to makeinfo, or against the GNU
> coding standards or something.
No further comments within 4 weeks, so I'm closing this bug.
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