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Info menu item bugs
From: |
Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Info menu item bugs |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:15:34 -0500 (EST) |
Today's CVS snapshot, Thu, 2003 Mar 20 12:16 UTC
GNU Emacs 21.3.50.233 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
configured with --with-x-toolkit=gtk
started with
/usr/local/bin/emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(blink-cursor-mode 0)'
An `Info' menu item appears in the menu bar when I start Info.
First problem: the only way I found to start Info in its `dir'
directory from the menu bar is to click on the `All Other Manuals
(Info)' subsubentry in the `More Manuals' subentry in the `Help' menu.
This is too far down the hierarchy for a novice.
I.e., the screen looks like this:
Help
More Manuals
All Other Manuals (Info)
There is no entry for `Info' in general in the top level `Help' menu
even though Info is the primary online help mechanism for GNU systems.
The `Help' entry should contain an `Info' command.
Second problem: after starting Info, an `Info' menu item appears on
the main menu bar.
When I click on the `Info' menu item I see, confusingingly, two
identically named subsubsubmenu headers, one of which leads to Info
commands and the other of which leads to Info files.
I.e., the screen looks like this:
Info
Info
Info
The submenus are both named `Info' but should be named differently.
Third problem: when I visit an Info file and then kill it, the Info
file goes away, as it should, but the main `Info' menu item continues
to sit on the top-level menu bar.
The main `Info' menu item should go away; or else it should provide a
way to access Info, but it does not.
Instead, the main `Info' menu item becomes useless.
Interestingly, the titles of the submenus change from both being
`Info' to `Menu Item' and `Reference' respectively, which is good, but
neither is active, which is bad. I cannot do anything.
The `Reference' item is partially blanked out, indicating it is not
active, which is good, but the `Menu Item' entry leads to a list of
Info files (those at the top of the Info `dir' list) which are not
partially blanked out, but which I cannot access either. This is bad.
The error message is:
Info-extract-menu-item: No menu in this node
Fourth problem: when I restart Info, by typing `C-h i' (info) or by
clicking on the `All Other Manuals (Info)' subsub-menu item, the two
differing items on the main menu are replaced, as before, by the
single name `Info'. This is as confusing as it was initially.
I.e., the screen looks like this when I click on the lower of the two
`Info' submenu entries:
Info
Info
Info
Menu Item
Reference
However, `Menu Item' entry now works. When I click on that subsubmenu
entry, It now will lead me to the nodes which it lists.
Fifth problem: After restarting Info, the `Reference' item continues
to be partially blanked out, which indicates correctly that it is
inactive. The correct information is fine, but using Info as I just
did, I cannot find any way to make use of the `Reference' item. As
is, the entry is useless and superfluous. It should be removed.
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Robert J. Chassell Rattlesnake Enterprises
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