Re: [help-texinfo] Wish: --split-level

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "Karl" == Karl Berry <address@hidden> writes:

 >     Subject: [help-texinfo] Wish: --split-level

 > I assume you're talking about HTML.  Yes, it would be very nice, I used
 > the texi2html option myself many times, but it won't happen.  The
 > problem is with cross-references to other manuals -- a reference to
 > /manual/chapter.html#somenode wouldn't work if /manual was split by
 > something else when it was installed, and vice versa.

I feared you'd answer this :)

 > Patrice and I collaborated on a new html xref scheme in the last
 > releases of both texinfo and texi2html.  (Described in the manual.)  It
 > was hard enough making the monolithic and split-by-node cases both work
 > (more or less).  Adding more splitting choices seems impractical to me.

Actually, I don't see why.  Your scheme, IIRC, can easily be adjusted
(but my memories are often wrong).  The config files just need to be
enriched with the level of splitting.  The code is probably almost ready.