Re: Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes should be nil by default

[Alto Petrofsky]

eliz@is.elta.co.il (Eli Zaretskii) writes:

> On 17 Jan 2002, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> > Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes should be nil by default, or else how are
> > you going to explain the difference in behavior with the standalone
> > Info reader?
> 
> Emacs's Info reader behaves as the current default for a very long time.  

Only since 19.26 in 1994 (when I first had to turn off this annoying
behavior).  I might allow that's a "long time", but it's not a "very
long time" when you're talking about a package that's existed since
emacs 1.3.

> I thought we were doing well just by having this option; Emacs 20 didn't 
> have it at all.

Yes.  Thank you.  It should be mentioned in NEWS.

> Besides, what makes you think Emacs should explain the difference, and 
> not the stand-alone reader?  IIRC, Emacs was there first: its Info reader 
> predates the stand-alone Info.

The stand-alone Info predates emacs 19.26 by several years.

-al