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Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior
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Arsen Arsenović |
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Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:46:04 +0100 |
Hi,
Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com> writes:
> People complain that they can't read through an Info manual by
> pressing the up and down arrow keys like they can with Less, but at
> least holding the down key will eventually bring them to a new node,
> even though this is a suboptimal way to load the next node. How can
> we know that stopping the cursor at the bottom of the node will help
> new users, and won't lead to more users getting stuck and giving up
> because they can't work out how to get the next node?
Hm, yes, fair enough; consider me persuaded :). I can't really make any
less than anecdotal statements about usability without getting a bunch
of people to try something, so I think we should just sync up the two
viewers again and consider this resolved.
Thanks, have a wonderful evening.
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Arsen Arsenović
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- Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Arsen Arsenović, 2023/01/06
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/01/06
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Arsen Arsenović, 2023/01/06
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Gavin Smith, 2023/01/06
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/01/07
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Arsen Arsenović, 2023/01/07
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior, Gavin Smith, 2023/01/10
- Re: Stand-alone Info and info-mode inconsistency: end of buffer behavior,
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