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Re: pxref
From: |
Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Re: pxref |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:20:00 +0000 (UTC) |
> Here is a standalone @xref within parentheses:
>
> (see Musings on fossil fuels.)
>
> Here is another @xref within parentheses, but with following text:
>
> (see Musings on fossil fuels, with non-cross-reference text.)
What is wrong with this display? Please spell that out, since
AFAIK what you show is how the @xref's are supposed to be
displayed in Emacs.
In English, a standalone sentence is supposed to start with a capital
letter. This has been a convention for centuries.
Consequently, a standalone @xref should start with a capital S
regardless whether it is inside of parentheses or not.
The parentheses should have no effect and indeed they do not. In the
default display of today's GNU Emacs CVS snapshot, @xref does wrong in
all circumstances. When Texinfo 4.8 builds this:
Here is an @@xref standing abosolutely alone:
@xref{Musings on fossil fuels}.
The default for Info started from `emacs -Q -D' is
Here is an @xref standing abosolutely alone:
see Musings on fossil fuels.
That should be a capital S for `See'. (The reference itself is
underlined and a different color; it is fine.)
In the default GNU Emacs display, @ref is supposed to start with a
lower case letter so the reference can be used within a sentence; and
it does correctly.
--
Robert J. Chassell
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http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc
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