> From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflor...@pelzflorian.de>
> Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 01:11:40 +0200
> 
> Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Yes, that is expected.  If the entry in 'dir' 
> >
> > * Guix: (guix.es).              Gestión del software instalado y la
> >                                   configuración del sistema.
> >
> > comes before the entry:
> >
> > * Guix: (guix).                 Manage installed software and system
> >                                   configuration.
> >> Note that “info "(guix)"” does select the English manual.
> >
> > "info -f guix" also.
> 
> Understood.  However, perhaps when searching “info guix”, full matches
> of the search term, i.e. the node (guix), could be favored before
> partial matches like (guix.es) even when (guix) comes first?

The top-node name and the name of the menu entry could be completely
unrelated to one another.

> Because users do not know "info guix" does not mean "info -f guix".

It's more complicated than that: "info guix" first searches for a menu
item by that name in DIR, and if not found, does what "info -f guix"
would do.

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