Re: Divergence in menu appearance between Emacs Info and standalone Info

[Stefan Monnier]

> > > > 2 - (info "<node name>") is a better way than using `g' since the 
> > > > `somebody'
> > > >     can just click on it (or hit C-x C-e).
> > > 
> > > That requires to use "M-:", which, I think, many Emacs users don't use
> > > (if they even know about it).
> > 
> > Funny, I never thought about using M-: to evaluate it.
> > I'd only ever seen mentioned C-x C-e.
> 
> You are nitpicking, Stefan:

No, I was just speaking to myself:  I use M-: all the time (contrary
to C-x C-e), but somehow I never thought of using it for (info "...").

> > And it's a lot
> > more user-readable than C-h i g (you don't have to interpret it
> > as a command, but just as a special syntax).
> 
> I have a difficulty parsing this, but you don't have to explain, since
> it seems like a moot point anyway.

Maybe it's moot, indeed.  The point is that I find (info "(foo)bar")
much more readable than C-h i g (foo)bar.  The first looks like
human language with a bit of extra annotations while the second looks
like line noise with a bit of human language embedded.  More
specifically "info" gives me a hint it's an info page, while C-h i g
just tells me there's a set of keystrokes that does something with
the rest.


        Stefan