From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52126: Problematic characters in info node names Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:52:57 +0200 Message-ID: <83ee6yvog6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871r2zueyw.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27560"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 52126@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, kyle@kyleam.com, info@protesilaos.com, rgm@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 29 18:53:21 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkq8-0006v4-O4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:53:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44014 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkq6-0002py-Jg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:53:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37864) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkpq-0002pl-ES for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:55932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkpq-0006XZ-5l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkpq-0004jL-0Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:53:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 52126 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 52126-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B52126.163820837318168 (code B ref 52126); Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52126) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Nov 2021 17:52:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39245 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkph-0004ix-AR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37040) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkpf-0004im-TU for 52126@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=53420 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkpZ-0006Vr-5M; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:52:45 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=+l3drpRqa4NhdaIBY2CLETdkPv3J1d1Icm02bQ3WNu4=; b=U7yzl4m/0k9E qzLQZ74CBfE0LOdB9M+CwpKexZ9YR8z5wnEAz5Z3OfGdXIYAjDs2QQ7QYB/dfRaisAncC0U96hAgn pV/W7HxgTxhi8PkxMYcadiqncGKeRICcn3vpcc3aqrRbKMN0SYlOd+bE73ldzNCT9zxpuxNbAI3Rd s9/sRephciWc5f6jzMljKZIWoMNLPHfMpT9voP2C0vJS3Jv+lUOpNhgdcvgJbBMlAHJ2mZe/1FRdI 7jZ1vIU/MiUAeo1Ej/l3pSoO7LJf8toFOA+DJ6uu6v7vu0qNZ+2X3U5MNBl1PtQaXgF01loYdEjYM +kZ7Gn7RAo9EYscAm7omjA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=4756 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrkpY-0007MZ-Rf; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:52:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Kangas on Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:44:17 -0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:221050 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:44:17 -0800 > Cc: 52126@debbugs.gnu.org, Protesilaos Stavrou , > Kyle Meyer , Glenn Morris > > I read in (info "(texinfo) Node Line Requirements") that: > > * Unfortunately, you cannot reliably use periods, commas, or colons > within a node name; these can confuse the Info reader. Also, a > node name may not start with a left parenthesis preceding a right > parenthesis, as in '(not)allowed', since this syntax is used to > specify an external manual. (Perhaps these limitations will be > removed some day.) This is mainly because of the stand-alone Info reader. The Emacs Info mode copes with these characters in node names much better. So yes, it is desirable to avoid them, but it isn't a catastrophe if they are there.