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Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manu
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}. |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:32:55 +0000 (GMT) |
Hi, Robert!
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
> ... We've had a node called "Sample .emacs File" in the CC Mode
> manual since 22nd February 1995 ...
>And possibly Info searched for that node as "Sample" ... That is the
>only node in that manual that starts with the word "Sample".
>The Texinfo manual has included a warning about the characters that a
>node name may contain since at least 1987 and probably earlier. I don't
>remember dot specifically, but I do remember thinking that the rule was
>to use characters that are not in regexps.
OK. The warning in that manual is somewhat inconspicuous. On the page
"node" we have:
To create a node, write an address@hidden' command at the beginning of a
line, and follow it with up to four arguments, separated by commas, on
the rest of the same line.
, with no mention of colons, parens or periods. In the sub-node
"Choosing Node and Pointer Names", there is no mention of the
restriction. Only in (the relatively obscurely named) "Node Line
Requirements" is this restriction mentioned. This seems suboptimal.
>In any event, the customary solution is to name the node and the title
>differently. As is said in (texinfo)Node Line Tips , `try to pick node
>names that are informative but short'. The node name might be `Sample'
>and the chapter or section title `Sample @code{.emacs} File'.
OK, thanks.
> Robert J. Chassell
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
- Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Alan Mackenzie, 2005/12/11
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/11
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Alan Mackenzie, 2005/12/11
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Robert J. Chassell, 2005/12/11
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}.,
Alan Mackenzie <=
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/12
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/12
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/12
- Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}., Karl Berry, 2005/12/12