Re: Virtual Info keyword finder

[Chong Yidong]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.