GNU bug report logs - #22512
toggle showing Info index numbers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 03:18:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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bug#22512; Package emacs. (Mon, 01 Feb 2016 03:18:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: toggle showing Info index numbers
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:51:29 +0800
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".

Maybe model it off of:
M-g (translated from <escape> g) runs the command goto-line.

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.

Don't force us to have to look into each page to learn its number.
Don't assume numbers aren't important. They may correspond to chapter
numbers of a book.




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bug#22512; Package emacs. (Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:39:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 22512 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22512: toggle showing Info index numbers
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:38:53 +0200
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> 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.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:40:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug closed, send any further explanations to 22512 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:40:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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