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diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index 8c08eaec3c8..559460e8d2c 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ The Lisp code is executed when the node is selected.")
(defface info-menu-star
'((((class color)) :foreground "red1")
(t :underline t))
- "Face for every third `*' in an Info menu.")
+ "Face used to emphasize `*' in an Info menu.
+The face is assigned to the third, sixth, and ninth `*' for easier
+orientation. See `Info-nth-menu-item'.")
(defface info-xref
'((t :inherit link))
@@ -1792,7 +1794,46 @@ of NODENAME; if none is found it then tries a case-insensitive match
(if trim (setq nodename (substring nodename 0 trim))))
(if transient-mark-mode (deactivate-mark))
(Info-find-node (if (equal filename "") nil filename)
- (if (equal nodename "") "Top" nodename) nil strict-case)))
+ (if (equal nodename "") "Top" nodename) nil strict-case)))
+
+(defun Info-goto-node-web (node)
+ "Use `browse-url' to go to the gnu.org web server's version of NODE.
+By default, go to the current Info node."
+ (interactive (list (Info-read-node-name
+ "Go to node (default current page): " Info-current-node))
+ Info-mode)
+ (browse-url-button-open-url
+ (Info-url-for-node (format "(%s)%s" (file-name-sans-extension
+ (file-name-nondirectory
+ Info-current-file))
+ node))))
+
+(defun Info-url-for-node (node)
+ "Return a URL for NODE, a node in the GNU Emacs or Elisp manual.
+NODE should be a string on the form \"(manual)Node\". Only emacs
+and elisp manuals are supported."
+ (unless (string-match "\\`(\\(.+\\))\\(.+\\)\\'" node)
+ (error "Invalid node name %s" node))
+ (let ((manual (match-string 1 node))
+ (node (match-string 2 node)))
+ (unless (member manual '("emacs" "elisp"))
+ (error "Only emacs/elisp manuals are supported"))
+ ;; Encode a bunch of characters the way that makeinfo does.
+ (setq node
+ (mapconcat (lambda (ch)
+ (if (or (< ch 32) ; ^@^A-^Z^[^\^]^^^-
+ (<= 33 ch 47) ; !"#$%&'()*+,-./
+ (<= 58 ch 64) ; :;<=>?@
+ (<= 91 ch 96) ; [\]_`
+ (<= 123 ch 127)) ; {|}~ DEL
+ (format "_00%x" ch)
+ (char-to-string ch)))
+ node
+ ""))
+ (concat "https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/"
+ manual "/"
+ (url-hexify-string (string-replace " " "-" node))
+ ".html")))
(defvar Info-read-node-completion-table)
@@ -1877,7 +1918,7 @@ See `completing-read' for a description of arguments and usage."
code Info-read-node-completion-table string predicate))))
;; Arrange to highlight the proper letters in the completion list buffer.
-(defun Info-read-node-name (prompt)
+(defun Info-read-node-name (prompt &optional default)
"Read an Info node name with completion, prompting with PROMPT.
A node name can have the form \"NODENAME\", referring to a node
in the current Info file, or \"(FILENAME)NODENAME\", referring to
@@ -1885,7 +1926,8 @@ a node in FILENAME. \"(FILENAME)\" is a short format to go to
the Top node in FILENAME."
(let* ((completion-ignore-case t)
(Info-read-node-completion-table (Info-build-node-completions))
- (nodename (completing-read prompt #'Info-read-node-name-1 nil t)))
+ (nodename (completing-read prompt #'Info-read-node-name-1 nil t nil
+ 'Info-minibuf-history default)))
(if (equal nodename "")
(Info-read-node-name prompt)
nodename)))
@@ -2604,12 +2646,9 @@ new buffer."
(if (eq (length completions) 1)
(setq default (car completions)))
(if completions
- (let ((input (completing-read (if default
- (concat
- "Follow reference named (default "
- default "): ")
- "Follow reference named: ")
- completions nil t)))
+ (let ((input (completing-read (format-prompt "Follow reference named"
+ default)
+ completions nil t)))
(list (if (equal input "")
default input)
current-prefix-arg))
@@ -4049,6 +4088,7 @@ If FORK is non-nil, it is passed to `Info-goto-node'."
(define-key map "e" 'end-of-buffer)
(define-key map "f" 'Info-follow-reference)
(define-key map "g" 'Info-goto-node)
+ (define-key map "G" 'Info-goto-node-web)
(define-key map "h" 'Info-help)
;; This is for compatibility with standalone info (>~ version 5.2).
;; Though for some time, standalone info had H and h reversed.
@@ -4858,9 +4898,16 @@ first line or header line, and for breadcrumb links.")
;; an end of sentence
(skip-syntax-backward " ("))
(setq other-tag
- (cond ((save-match-data (looking-back "\\(^\\| \\)see"
+ (cond ((save-match-data (looking-back "\\(^\\|[ (]\\)see"
(- (point) 4)))
"")
+ ;; We want "Also *note" to produce
+ ;; "Also see", but "See also *note" to produce
+ ;; "See also", so match case-sensitively.
+ ((save-match-data (let ((case-fold-search nil))
+ (looking-back "\\(^\\| \\)also"
+ (- (point) 5))))
+ "")
((save-match-data (looking-back "\\(^\\| \\)in"
(- (point) 3)))
"")