Bug#402043: Info: fresher stuff hidden

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: emacs-snapshot-common
Version: 1:20060923-1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/info/emacs-snapshot

Here on my Debian sid machine,
2 matches for "emacs:" in buffer: *info*
  122:* Emacs: (emacs-21/emacs). The extensible self-documenting text
  179:* Emacs: (emacs-snapshot/emacs). The extensible self-documenting text

Typing m emacs, and even hitting tab, one will never know about the
second entry.

Dear Debian Dudes: just how is one, used to m emacs RET, to even be
aware of those second entries, without bending over backwards poking
around the whole buffer to make sure there are no additional matches
hidden? Indeed I always want to see the second entry, not the first.

D> So TAB should cough up all the facts.

>>>>> "E" == Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

E> No, it shouldn't: it's not uncommon for a system to have several DIR
E> files along INFOPATH with identical entries pointing to the same
E> manuals.  It would be a nuisance to see all those identical entries
E> line up in my face.

All I want to be aware of is those second entries on the same page.

E> Let's not lose perspective here: TAB-completion is not supposed to
E> show you an exhaustive list of possibilities.  You can get to the
E> other "Emacs" entry if you manually move point there.  Or (better)
E> simply edit your DIR file to make the two entries distinct, as having
E> them identical is a bad idea anyway.  I'd also suggest to report this
E> as a bug to whoever maintains your system distribution.

OK, reporting to them. Hope they will make better DIR files, as I
won't be editing them.