[5856] bug #43042 Node Line Requirements

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 5856
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=5856
Author:   gavin
Date:     2014-10-03 09:47:52 +0000 (Fri, 03 Oct 2014)
Log Message:
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bug #43042 Node Line Requirements

Ticket Links:
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    http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43042

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/doc/texinfo.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
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--- trunk/ChangeLog     2014-10-03 09:28:43 UTC (rev 5855)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2014-10-03 09:47:52 UTC (rev 5856)
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
        * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info): Add examples with --node.
        * info/info.c (info_short_help): Help text changed.
 
+       * doc/texinfo.texi (Node Line Requirements): Tweak wording to 
+       avoid implying that a node name with normalized whitespace has 
+       to be used in all circumstances.  Report by Vincent Belaïche 
+       2014-08-21 (bug #43042).
+
 2014-10-03  Ken Brown  <address@hidden>
 
        Changes to compile for Cygwin:

Modified: trunk/doc/texinfo.texi
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--- trunk/doc/texinfo.texi      2014-10-03 09:28:43 UTC (rev 5855)
+++ trunk/doc/texinfo.texi      2014-10-03 09:47:52 UTC (rev 5856)
@@ -5227,6 +5227,7 @@
 
 @cindex White space in node name
 @cindex Spaces in node name
address@hidden
 Spaces before and after names on the @samp{@@node} line are ignored.
 Multiple whitespace characters ``inside'' a name are collapsed to a
 single space.  For example:
@@ -5238,9 +5239,10 @@
 @@node  foo  bar ,
 @end example
 
address@hidden all define the same node, namely @samp{foo bar}.  References
-to the node should all use that name, with no leading or trailing
-spaces, and a single internal space.
address@hidden all define the same node, namely @samp{foo bar}.  In contexts
+where the exact node name is required (for example, in a menu entry),
+this is the name that that should be used, i.e.@: with no leading or
+trailing spaces, and a single internal space.
 @end itemize