On 3 February 2017 at 08:43, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 07:57:26 +0000 >> Cc: Hans-Bernhard Bröker <[email protected]>, >> Texinfo <[email protected]> >> >> > 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 don't know how important is it. Probably not terribly important. > But it's a very old feature, so I think we shouldn't remove it without > a very good reason.
OK, it would have simplified some of the code slightly, but it does not really get in the way either.
