Re: 'info' navigation on an index entry brings me to a wrong node

2024-12-30 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Bruno Haible > Cc: Eli Zaretskii > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:47:55 +0100 > > Yes, 'info' understands this DEL as so-called INFO_QUOTE character. > This would be a more robust solution than having code decide ad-hoc > what is a terminator and what is not. > > But Emacs doesn't! If I use

Re: 'info' navigation on an index entry brings me to a wrong node

2024-12-30 Thread Gavin Smith
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 07:47:55PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote: > This would make references in the index work. But what about references > generated by @ref or @pxref? It is better to design things in such a way > that all kinds of references work equally well. Full stops in node names usually wor

Re: 'info' navigation on an index entry brings me to a wrong node

2024-12-30 Thread Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Texinfo documentation system
Hi Gavin, Gavin Smith wrote: > The reason is the role of the "." character in Info syntax. It terminates > the node name in an index entry, so in the index entry > > * verify.h: assert.h. (line 6) > > the node name is taken as "assert", not "assert.h".

Re: 'info' navigation on an index entry brings me to a wrong node

2024-12-30 Thread Gavin Smith
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 03:34:07PM +0100, Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Texinfo documentation system wrote: > Hi, > > In the 'info' program, when the user selects an index entry, it > should display the node associated with that index entry. Instead, > in some cases it displays a diffe

Re: 'info' navigation on an index entry brings me to a wrong node

2024-12-30 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:34:07 +0100 > From: Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Texinfo documentation system > > > In the 'info' program, when the user selects an index entry, it > should display the node associated with that index entry. Instead, > in some cases it displays a differen

'info' navigation on an index entry brings me to a wrong node

2024-12-30 Thread Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Texinfo documentation system
Hi, In the 'info' program, when the user selects an index entry, it should display the node associated with that index entry. Instead, in some cases it displays a different node, with a similar name. Reproduced with texinfo 7.1 and 7.2. How to reproduce: (I noticed this with the gnulib.info file.