On 26 May 2015 at 10:54, Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > In an old 'info' (4.13), running 'info texinfo" and then typing > 1 and 2, reports on the bottom line: "No menu in this node." > With 5.9.92, 'info' still beeps but no longer shows the message. > Is that intentional?
I will investigate. > As an aside, this translator hint isn't entirely true: > #. TRANSLATORS: This message should fit within 79 characters, otherwise > #. anything after the 80th character will not be displayed. > > A more accurate hint would be: > #. TRANSLATORS: Try to keep this message (when "expanded") at most 79 > #. characters; on 80-column terminals anything after it will not be > #. displayed. > > Because on wider terminals, a longer string will be displayed without > problems. And on an 80-column terminal the 80th character will > actually not be displayed. Good point.
