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RE: Virtual Info keyword finder
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Virtual Info keyword finder |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:45:58 -0700 |
> > Info mode is not as simple as Finder mode - it has extra
> > features and extra limitations, which means it interacts
> > differently from Finder with other (minor)
> > modes that users might use at the same time.
> >
> > For example, I use Finder mode in combination with Linkd minor mode.
> > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LinkdMode
> >
> > Linkd has its own kind of hypertext links. In Finder, these
> > work within and between (Finder) Commentary buffers. Without
> > Finder, the same Linkd links still work within and between
> > sections of files (including Commentary sections).
> >
> > Coupling Finder with Info in the way you propose makes it follow
> > Info's limitations, from syntax to behavior, including UI. I'm not
> > against an Info extension to give it Finder-like
> > functionality - that would be good. But I don't want to see plain
> > old, simple Finder get lost in the bargain. It is a useful tool
> > in its own right.
>
> How bout if we replace the programming interface to Finder with a
> compatible one (e.g. providing the same interface functions), while
> changing the underlying mechanics as Juri suggested.
Maybe, but I can't really tell what you mean, so I can't say.
Could you be more specific?
My concern is to also have available the existing Finder mode, that is, not just
within Info mode. I don't really care about the mode name or function names for
Finder (e.g. `finder-commentary'), as long as the same behavior is available. I
could easily change my code to call different functions, if that's what you
meant.