3 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 76c9dbc3315..72818278781 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ end of the word).
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 26.1
 
+*** Info menu and index completion uses substring completion by default.
+This can be customized via the `info-menu` category in
+completion-category-override.
+
 +++
 *** The ancestor buffer is shown by default in 3way merges.
 A new option ediff-show-ancestor and a new toggle
diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index 92e7c24ab1d..a2071533d8f 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ 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)))
     (if (equal nodename "")
         (Info-read-node-name prompt)
       nodename)))
@@ -2583,7 +2583,8 @@ new buffer."
                                          "Follow reference named: ")
                                        completions nil t)))
            (list (if (equal input "")
-                     default input) current-prefix-arg))
+                     default input)
+                 current-prefix-arg))
        (user-error "No cross-references in this node"))))
 
   (unless footnotename
@@ -2703,6 +2704,7 @@ Because of ambiguities, this should be concatenated with something like
           (user-error "No menu in this node"))
         (cond
          ((eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries) nil)
+         ((eq action 'metadata) `(metadata (category . info-menu)))
          ((eq action 'lambda)
           (re-search-forward
            (concat "\n\\* +" (regexp-quote string) ":") nil t))
@@ -2783,15 +2785,7 @@ new buffer."
                                                    default)
                                          "Menu item: ")
                                        #'Info-complete-menu-item nil t nil nil
-                                       default)))
-         ;; we rely on the fact that completing-read accepts an input
-         ;; of "" even when the require-match argument is true and ""
-         ;; is not a valid possibility
-         (if (string= item "")
-             (if default
-                 (setq item default)
-               ;; ask again
-               (setq item nil))))
+                                       default))))
        (list item current-prefix-arg))))
   ;; there is a problem here in that if several menu items have the same
   ;; name you can only go to the node of the first with this command.
@@ -3308,7 +3302,7 @@ Give an empty topic name to go to the Index node itself."
       (unwind-protect
           (with-current-buffer Info-complete-menu-buffer
             (Info-goto-index)
-            (completing-read "Index topic: " 'Info-complete-menu-item))
+            (completing-read "Index topic: " #'Info-complete-menu-item))
         (kill-buffer Info-complete-menu-buffer)))))
   (if (equal Info-current-file "dir")
       (error "The Info directory node has no index; use m to select a manual"))
@@ -3482,7 +3476,7 @@ search results."
       (unwind-protect
           (with-current-buffer Info-complete-menu-buffer
             (Info-goto-index)
-            (completing-read "Index topic: " 'Info-complete-menu-item))
+            (completing-read "Index topic: " #'Info-complete-menu-item))
         (kill-buffer Info-complete-menu-buffer)))))
   (if (equal topic "")
       (Info-find-node Info-current-file "*Index*")
diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el
index 00722ec4b15..0377cd549a2 100644
--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -834,7 +834,8 @@ styles for specific categories, such as files, buffers, etc."
 (defvar completion-category-defaults
   '((buffer (styles . (basic substring)))
     (unicode-name (styles . (basic substring)))
-    (project-file (styles . (basic substring))))
+    (project-file (styles . (basic substring)))
+    (info-menu (styles . (basic substring))))
   "Default settings for specific completion categories.
 Each entry has the shape (CATEGORY . ALIST) where ALIST is
 an association list that can specify properties such as: