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Re: index problem


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: index problem
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 22:58:09 +0200 (CEST)

> > Such lines look ridiculous in an index
> > for groff escapes:
> > 
> >   \&, definition of
> >   \^, definition of
> 
> They don't look ridiculous to me.  Faced with many index entries
> which begin identically, it would help me a lot to know what aspect
> of the macro is described where each index entry leads me.

I begin to understand.  My main concern was how the index looks like,
not how to search an index entry.

> For example, when I type in Info "i \&", and then hit TAB, it would
> help to see the list of completions like this:
> 
>   \&, definition of
>   \&, use to escape control characters
>   \&, and foobar
> 
> etc.

Got it.

BTW, I think I've found a bug (or at least a bad feature) in info 4.0.
Considering groff again, there are two escapes called \a and \A.  Now
suppose that I want to search index entries for \A: pressing `i', then
`\A', and finally <tab>.  After entering the tab, `\A' has been
converted to `\a'!  This is not correct IMHO.  If the user is
specifically asking for an uppercase letter, info must not convert it
back while searching index entries.  It should work exactly as the
isearch function in Emacs.


    Werner



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