Re: Patch to disable links line in *info* buffer

[Kim F. Storm]

"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:

>    How about having a right-click on the header-line or somesuch pop-up
>    a menu where you can select "copy location to kill-ring" ?
> 
> This new interface is wrong.  Instead, Emacs should continue to
> provide a `you can copy what you can see (or hear)' interface, but
> adapt it to new circumstances.
> 
You have never been able to copy what's in the mode-line.  The new
header-line has the same limitation.  I don't see that as wrong (but a
general limitation on some elements of an emacs frame.)


> I like the traditional Info header style: I like being told which file
> I am in. 

That information is also shown as the buffer name in the mode-line.
What's the point of duplicating it in the header line?

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk