Re: New files url.texi and org.texi

[Dave Love]

Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> writes:

> The Texinfo manual looks ambiguous in as far as this problem is
> concerned.  I will ask the maintainers of that manual to clarify.

I don't see how this is ambiguous:

  address@hidden' is used for cross references to Info files for which there
  are no printed manuals.

>    it isn't appropriate if you're producing HTML manuals.
>
> I produced HTML versions of both the URL and emacs-mime manuals.  The
> particular inforef we are talking about worked perfectly.  It produces
> a working hyperlink to the HTML version of the emacs-mime manual, and
> does not refer to the Info manual.

Then it doesn't work according to the documentation above, and it's
presumably a bug.  An HTML file isn't an Info file.

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure you're arguing with what rms said about how to
make external links; it would be good to allow him to comment.