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bug#22512: toggle showing Info index numbers
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#22512: toggle showing Info index numbers |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:38:53 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> In Info mode:
>
> 1 .. 9 Pick first ... ninth item in node's menu.
> Every third `*' is highlighted to help pick the right number.
>
> Please:
> 1. Add a way to go to the 43rd item, not just "place cursor upon the first
> item and type ESC 43 CTRL+N, then RET".
The utility of jumping to the 43rd menu item seems very slim. I mean,
the 1 ... 9 shortcuts are already pretty ... non-useful.
> 2. Add a toggle, so each item in an index now shows its number.
>
> E.g.,
> * The iplookup router::
> * The manualroute router::
> * The queryprogram router::
> * The redirect router::
> * Environment for running local transports.
>
> Becomes
> * 43 The iplookup router::
> * 44 The manualroute router::
> * 45 The queryprogram router::
> * 46 The redirect router::
> * 47 Environment for running local transports: Environment for local
> transports.
This sounds like a very unemacsey way to behave. In Emacs, we don't
count or enter ad-hoc numbers to navigate; we just move the cursor
movement commands. So I'm closing this bug report.
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