Re: inconsistent behavior of M-x info

[Juri Linkov]

>     > I renamed the *info* buffer as `wisent' because I wanted to browse
>     > the wisent info pages and compare them with the bison info pages.
>     >
>     > Then I typed M-x info, and instead of making a new *info* buffer,
>     > the info `dir' file appeared inside my `wisent' buffer.
>     >
>     > This is inconsistent with the behavior of e.g. M-x shell, M-x
>     > run-clisp (my wrapper for `inferior-lisp').
>
> However, it is consistent with M-x grep.  I am not sure which behavior
> is better here.

I don't see how M-x grep is different from e.g. M-x shell.  Calling
M-x grep on a buffer in grep-mode but renamed to a name other than
*grep* will create a new *grep* buffer.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/