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Re: [Texi2html-bug] new command-line switches for makeinfo


From: Karl Berry
Subject: Re: [Texi2html-bug] new command-line switches for makeinfo
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:55:10 GMT

    However, there is no reason not to take into
    account commands in node names as best as possible, 

Like I said, I had forgotten our discussions about this.  Sorry.  So
command expansion in node names is always on now?  Hmm.

    Also it was not the default only for
    performance reasons, 

I certainly agree that the performance is not an issue, but there *is*
another reason not to enable it by default: enabling it by default makes
it seem like the feature is part of the language.  It isn't.  The
problem is that any document that uses @-commands in node names is
highly unlikely to work with texinfo.tex.  I wish that wasn't the case,
but it is, and it's not going to be changed any time soon, if ever.

That is why I always thought of it as being an optional feature that
people should have to enable explicitly, being aware of the deficiency
with texinfo.tex.  Nothing to do with performance.

?


In any case, regardless of the default, I think the option should stay
in the --help message (and documentation); otherwise, people will think
it is no longer supported.  But we will support it forever, so as not to
break scripts/people that are used to it.

Thanks,
k



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