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bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun"
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun" |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:40:58 +0300 |
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: dmoncayo@gmail.com, 15038@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:37:20 -0400
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > I think Dany is describing the way Emacs displays that node, not the
> > exact text in the Info file.
>
> Standalone info seems to handle it fine.
It uses a different way of finding the end of a node name (which OTOH
fails in some cases Emacs doesn't).
> > The problem is in the Texinfo sources: a node name cannot include a
> > period, see the Texinfo manual.
>
> ./misc/org.texi:@node org-crypt.el, , Interaction, Miscellaneous
> ./misc/edt.texi:@node edt-user.el
> ./misc/epa.texi:@node Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files
> ./misc/cc-mode.texi:@node Sample .emacs File, Performance Issues, Odds and
> Ends, Top
> ./misc/mairix-el.texi:@node About mairix and mairix.el
> ./misc/mairix-el.texi:@node Setting up mairix.el
> ./misc/mairix-el.texi:@node Using mairix.el
> ./misc/mairix-el.texi:@node Extending mairix.el
They are all in error. From the Texinfo manual:
* Unfortunately, you cannot reliably use periods, commas, or colons
within a node name; these confuse the Info reader. Also, a node
name may not start with a left parenthesis preceding a right
parenthesis, as in '(not)allowed', since this syntax is used to
specify an external manual. (Perhaps these limitations will be
removed some day.)
If you insist on using these characters in node names, accepting
the resulting substandard Info output, in order not to confuse the
Texinfo processors, you must still escape those characters, by
using either special insertions (*note Inserting a Comma::) or
'@asis' (*note @asis::). For example:
@node foo@asis{::}bar
As an example of avoiding the special characters, the following is
a section title in this manual:
@code{@@unnumberedsec}, @code{@@appendixsec}, @code{@@heading}
But the corresponding node name lacks the commas (and the '@''s,
but that is historical):
unnumberedsec appendixsec heading
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", dmoncayo, 2013/08/06
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Glenn Morris, 2013/08/06
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Eli Zaretskii, 2013/08/06
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Eli Zaretskii, 2013/08/07
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Glenn Morris, 2013/08/07
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Glenn Morris, 2013/08/07
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun",
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Glenn Morris, 2013/08/07
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Eli Zaretskii, 2013/08/07
- bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Dani Moncayo, 2013/08/07
bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun", Dani Moncayo, 2013/08/07