On 3 February 2017 at 07:46, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 22:42:39 +0000 >> Cc: Texinfo <[email protected]> >> >> With regards to any problems in tilde.c, I'd prefer to resolve this by >> deleting the file. I don't think the Info browser needs to convert >> tilde characters into the user's home directory. I don't know why this >> feature was added in the first place (looking at the ChangeLog, it >> looks like it's been there from the start). > > Most probably this feature is there to emulate Emacs. > >> Tilde expansion is done by the shell so there's no need for Info to >> do it as well. > > ??? When I type "C-x C-f" in Info, no shell will help me expand the > tilde in the file name I type after that. Likewise if I want to > specify a file name in the argument given to the 'g' command.
Ah, I see. I had never thought that anyone would do that. Do you think it is an important feature? I thought it might be for the contents of the INFOPATH environment variable, but this is expanded when defined, at least it is in bash when I checked.
