> From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 19:11:38 +0100
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> 
> On Sun, Oct 04, 2026 at 06:49:06PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > By trial-and-error I discovered that the Texinfo manual only discusses
> > "invalid characters" and their escaping in relation to node names.
> > But in fact, the reference (a.k.a. "label") part of a cross-reference
> > or menu item can also be quoted if it uses "invalid characters"; this
> > is not covered in the manual, except in the technical chapter that
> > describes the Info format in a formal manner.
> > 
> > I think this should be covered in "Cross Reference Parts".
> 
> OK, I'll look at it.
> 
> 
> > Btw, I understand that a comma is also a character that must be
> > quoted, but it isn't clear to me how can one use a comma in a node
> > name or in the label of a cross reference in a Texinfo source file,
> > since a comma delimits arguments of @xref and other cross-referencing
> > commands.  Am I missing something?
> 
> With @comma{}.  @asis{,} may work as well.

I suggest that this also be clearly documented.

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