I appologize for
(0) Not trying the latest version of texinfo before reporting a bug.
(1) Not being clear about what I considered a bug.
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I just tried info in several xterms with different heights. It appears
> > that if the height of the xterm is <= 32 lines, it gives the help in a
> > single window
>
> This is a feature.
Agreed.
The bug (which is now fixed) was that when info 3.12h was run in a small
xterm (height<=32), and C-h was pressed, it displayed a help screen with
the message 'CTRL-x 0 Quit this help.' near the top, despite the fact
that the help screen was the only screen, so C-x 0 would just beep.
>
> > so C-x 0 does not work, despite the misleading (in this
> > context) message.
>
> Where did you see this message? I don't see it in the version of Info
> from Texinfo 4.0.
In old info 3.12h, in an xterm, after pressing C-h.
info 4.0 gives a different (and much improved, thank you) message if the
window height <= 32 lines.
>
> > Interestingly, on my 80x24 console tty, pressing C-h in info doesn't bring
> > up the normal help; it jumps to Help-small-screen in the tutorial, which
> > gives some interesting hints for small screens. (You can see this on a
> > big term by running 'info info' and then 'gHelp-Small-Screen' (it will
> > tab-complete for you.)) What I can't figure out, is why it does this on
> > an 80x24 console, and not on an 80x24 xterm, I don't know.
>
> Presumably because xterm somehow doesn't report the window size
> correctly. Results from stepping through the initialization code with
> a debugger are greatly appreciated. (But I'd suggest to try Texinfo
> 4.0 first, in case this is already solved there.)
Yes, it is fixed in texinfo 4.0 .
