Re: lowercase aliases for Info-* commands?

[Robert Pluim]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

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>
>   > Info mode defines a large number of interactive commands starting with
>   > "Info" rather than info, which always causes me to miss them until I
>   > remember the capital I. Would a patch creating lowercase aliases be
>   > acceptable?
>
> The reason for this prefix distinction is to make completion of info-
> commands work better -- because the Info- commands do not get in the
> way.  The idea is that the Info- commands will rarely be entered in
> M-x because they are bound to keys.
>

OK

> We can change this if it will help users, but how and why would it help them?
>
> What is the scenario in which you type their names?

I was looking for the Info command to follow an info link. In this
particular case, using the mouse would have worked, but I prefer
knowing what's going on behind the scene.

Anyway, seems like I'm almost alone in this. defalias in .emacs it is

Robert