From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Protesilaos Stavrou Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52126: Problematic characters in info node names Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:04:37 +0200 Message-ID: <877dcqn8i2.fsf@protesilaos.com> References: <871r2zueyw.fsf@gnus.org> <83ee6yvog6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31680"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Notmuch/0.34.1 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: 52126@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, Stefan Kangas , kyle@kyleam.com, rgm@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 29 19:08:58 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 1mrl5G-00083L-5E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:08:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37250 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrl5E-0000jT-O7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:08:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41664) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrl1c-0005xK-EM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:05:16 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:55961) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrl1R-0008FL-TC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:05:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrl1R-00053E-Iv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:05:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Protesilaos Stavrou Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:05:01 +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=B52126.163820908819395 (code B ref 52126); Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52126) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Nov 2021 18:04:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39274 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrl1E-00052k-3n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:04:48 -0500 Original-Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:59873) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrl1C-00052V-Rh for 52126@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:04:47 -0500 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: public@protesilaos.com) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 05536FF802; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:04:38 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <83ee6yvog6.fsf@gnu.org> 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:221055 Archived-At: On 2021-11-29, 19:52 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> 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. Thanks! I just removed the problematic characters from my repo. Though this change will be brought into emacs.git as part of my next tagged release (in a few weeks). Two questions then: 1. Do you want me to change this now on the trunk? 2. This affects the emacs-28 branch. Should I patch that as well? -- Protesilaos Stavrou https://protesilaos.com