Re: [help-texinfo] Standalone info as a generic info processor?

[Gavin Smith]

On 6 November 2016 at 15:25, Gavin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> The node names and line numbers are present in the "virtual index", so
>>> it should be sufficient for your needs.
>> Any way of accessing this virtual index?
>
> At present, not from the command-line: only with the "I" command as mentioned.
>
> I suggest we add a new option so you could do, e.g. "info -f bash
> --virtual-index for -o -" and get the list of matching index entries
> printed. Do you think that would be a good idea?
>

I've implemented this as --virtual-index; however, I wonder if it
would be better to make this available as a combination of the
--index-search and --all options.