Re: Make Info behave sensibly

Oscar> I propose to implement the following: two different variables, Oscar> `Info-auto-generate-directory' controls when the directory information should Oscar> be generated on the fly. Options would be: Oscar> nil or never : Use existing dir, ignore directories containing none Oscar> always : Ignore existing dir files, always auto-generate Oscar> if-missing (default) : Use existing dir files, auto-generate if missing Oscar> if-outdated : Use up-to-date dir files, auto-generate information for others Oscar> `Info-save-auto-generated-dir' controls when auto-generated directory Oscar> information should be saved to the dir file. Options would be: Oscar> nil or never (default): Never attempt to save Oscar> always (always): Always try to save Oscar> conservative: Always try to save but asking the user before overwriting an Oscar> existing file Oscar> I think this separates things more cleanly. Comments requested. This looks sensible. Oscar> It is quite unfortunate we're discussing these matters now, when all this Oscar> should have come up when I first introduced my patches. Why? We're still discussing matters introduced into XEmacs in the 80's ... :-) -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla