Re: Still a need for [ and pinky info pages?

[Pádraig Brady]

On 12/02/2024 05:42, Collin Funk wrote:
> Hello, I noticed an old FIXME note in coreutils.texi and TODO about
> info pages for these programs. Is there still a need/desire for them?
> I notice that `man [' opens the manpage for `test' so I assume there
> isn't much need for a separate one. When opening the man page for
> pinky the SEE ALSO section shows the following:
>
>       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky>
>       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pinky invocation'
>
> Since the page doesn't have a section the link leads to a page not
> found screen and info will say it cannot find the given node. I think
> that, if anything, it would be nice to have a pinky section just so
> people aren't linked to an invalid page from the generated manual. I
> would be willing to write it but I figured I should ask for thoughts
> here first.

'[' is described in the 'test' man and info pages,
so that's probably best to leave as is.
Actually we should add '[' to the index,
which I've now done like:

  @pindex test
 +@pindex [

A basic info page for pinky would be appreciated.

thanks!
Pádraig