bug#60263: closed ([PATCH] Correct wrong info in (info)Go to node)

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> [PATCH] Correct wrong info in (info)Go to node
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> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:27:53 -0800
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> From 76c73b52b4441e12cf7fd428666704f5d2b0fa28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: glacials <ben@twos.dev>
> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:09:08 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] Correct wrong info in (info)Go to node
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> The node (info)Go to node in the Info manual states that `g` does not
> allow the use of abbreviations, however it does. To test this, type `gt`
> from this node and see that it takes you to (info)Top, then type
> `ggo<RET>` and see that it takes you back to (info)Go to node. Tested on
> emacs 28.2.
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> I'm not sure of the history here, but this behavior seems better than
> not allowing abbreviations, so I opted to correct the documentation
> rather than the behavior.
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>  doc/misc/info.texi | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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> diff --git a/doc/misc/info.texi b/doc/misc/info.texi
> index 4db35ebf0f..5b1fae8f96 100644
> --- a/doc/misc/info.texi
> +++ b/doc/misc/info.texi
> @@ -1098,9 +1098,8 @@ name, and @key{RET}.  Thus, @kbd{gTop@key{RET}} would go 
> to the node
>  called @samp{Top} in this file.  (This is equivalent to @kbd{t}, see
>  @ref{Help-Int}.)  @kbd{gGo to node@key{RET}} would come back here.
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> -  Unlike @kbd{m}, @kbd{g} does not allow the use of abbreviations.
> -But it does allow completion, so you can type @key{TAB} to complete a
> -partial node name.
> +  Like @kbd{m}, @kbd{g} allows the use of abbreviations. It also allows
> +completion, so you can type @key{TAB} to complete a partial node name.
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>  @cindex go to another Info file
>    To go to a node in another file, you can include the file name in the
> -- 
> 2.38.2
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> Sat, 24 Dec 2022 09:42:42 +0200
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> > From: Benjamin Carlsson <ben@twos.dev>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:27:53 -0800
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> > From 76c73b52b4441e12cf7fd428666704f5d2b0fa28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: glacials <ben@twos.dev>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:09:08 -0800
> > Subject: [PATCH] Correct wrong info in (info)Go to node
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> > The node (info)Go to node in the Info manual states that `g` does not
> > allow the use of abbreviations, however it does. To test this, type `gt`
> > from this node and see that it takes you to (info)Top, then type
> > `ggo<RET>` and see that it takes you back to (info)Go to node. Tested on
> > emacs 28.2.
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> > I'm not sure of the history here, but this behavior seems better than
> > not allowing abbreviations, so I opted to correct the documentation
> > rather than the behavior.
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> Thanks, I installed this on the emacs-29 branch.
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> P.S. For the future, please note that we prefer US spelling and
> punctuation rules, so we leave two spaces between sentences.
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