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Re: RE: RE: RE: Viewing Info Files - Introduce Top Menu also before end


From: Christopher Dimech
Subject: Re: RE: RE: RE: Viewing Info Files - Introduce Top Menu also before end of buffer
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 01:51:43 +0200

Have tried your suggestion and ended up commenting everything and
loading just your code. Scroll up gets me to the First Node I visited,
Scroll Down gets me to Last Node I visited.



> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 1:08 AM
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: RE: RE: RE: Viewing Info Files - Introduce Top Menu also before end 
> of buffer
>
> > I will need to scrutinise my Init File, then and see what is changing
> > things.
>
> Binary search is your friend in such a case.
>
> E.g., comment out 1/2 of your init file, then
> 3/4, 7/8, 15/16, ... till you find the culprit.
>
> You can use command `comment-region' to comment
> out a block of code (the region).  With `C-u'
> the same command uncomments the region.
>
> This method is blind but efficient.  It seems
> to go slowly at first, then picks up quickly.
>
> You might think you can figure things out
> instead, by looking at your init file.  And
> that might be true.  But it is also often a
> trap/gotcha - a dumb binary search can often
> be more efficient.
>



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