Hi Gavin, Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> writes:
> This can be configured using the scroll-behaviour and cursor-motion-scrolls > variables in .infokey (see Info node (info-stnd)Variables). > > The info-stnd manual starts, > > You can read through the rest of this manual by typing <SPC> and <DEL> > (or <Space> and <Backspace>) > > I doubt would help to stop this from working and leave the user stuck > on the Top node. > > It was likely made to act this way on the past based on user feedback > and I doubt it is warranted to make such a change now. As Eli noted, I was referring to C-n and the arrow keys (the latter of which fresh users are highly likely to try, I think). >> However, I think this is a good thing. Flipping between pages >> accidentally like this can and does confuse folk who are unfamiliar with >> how nodes work. >> >> I feel as though the standalone info viewer is one of the most important >> things a new GNU user would run into, and something they would run into >> quite soon, due to it being referenced in all help2man'd manuals, and as >> such, I feel like it's important to get an experience as close as >> possible to what the person completely new to GNU would expect. > > Yes, I agree. It seems that many people have found info difficult > to use, although running "info info", or using the H or h keys > (advertised in the welcome message) seems sufficient to get users > started. Indeed - missing the welcome message seems a common phenomena (I tested this on a few folk around me, all of whom missed it), which is quite strange... I'd like to redirect this discussion to Alex' thread on help-texinfo, though. I hope we can collect some constructive criticism. Thanks, have a great evening. -- Arsen Arsenović
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