From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5809: 23.1.94; cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:39:20 +0300 Message-ID: <83d3yhx6jr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <837hoszubi.fsf@gnu.org> <87hbnwy2un.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <83y6h8xz8a.fsf@gnu.org> <8739zf5bif.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <83y6h7vy6p.fsf@gnu.org> <87y6h7uitd.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <83wrwqx6r2.fsf@gnu.org> <83vdcax5hu.fsf@gnu.org> <83sk7ewcvz.fsf@gnu.org> <422BAD8C75BE4F5BAE608BD47A355EFF@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1270220253 19803 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2010 14:57:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5809@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 02 16:57:23 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxiIt-0002vR-Ts for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:57:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43959 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxiIt-0005Fm-Gb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NxiHo-0004lG-Go for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:55:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43925 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxiHm-0004kN-FM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:55:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxiHk-0003TX-RI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:55:50 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35774) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxiHk-0003TN-Pa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:55:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nxi2V-0006hj-UE; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:40:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:40:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5809 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5809-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5809.127021916925760 (code B ref 5809); Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5809) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Apr 2010 14:39:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nxi1x-0006hR-0Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:39:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nxi1u-0006hM-Gt for 5809@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:39:27 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L0900B0073NGQ00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 5809@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:39:20 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.92.42]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L0900ASG7DISR10@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:39:18 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <422BAD8C75BE4F5BAE608BD47A355EFF@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:40:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35873 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Cc: <5809@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:17:35 -0700 > > Keep in mind too that in some documentation systems, which don't even have the > fine-grained "node" size of Info (on average), cross references generally do not > take you to an exact destination position. They just get you to the appropriate > section. That Info does support this feature is one of its advantages, and we should not lose it, IMO. Without it, reading a large manual as a reference is a PITA. Besides, it simply feels as a bug (and actually is): you are placed in the middle of a sentence that, more often than not, has nothing to do with the subject you are after.