From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52126: Problematic characters in info node names Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:31:50 -0800 Message-ID: References: <871r2zueyw.fsf@gnus.org> <83ee6yvog6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37097"; 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: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 29 19:32:12 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 1mrlRj-0009PF-Ea for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:32:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53280 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrlRi-0004bf-Ac for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:32:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrlRa-0004bG-Le for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56033) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mrlRa-0003nK-7j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrlRZ-0007Rf-RX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:32:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:32:01 +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=B52126.163821071928515 (code B ref 52126); Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52126) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Nov 2021 18:31:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39346 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrlRX-0007Pf-BE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:31:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pj1-f44.google.com ([209.85.216.44]:52131) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mrlRU-0007JZ-NA for 52126@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:31:57 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pj1-f44.google.com with SMTP id gt5so13373314pjb.1 for <52126@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:31:56 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=YR27D5uYZhL4JcDjrcmAgF/gspRc6x4gzFfeTwfGASw=; b=L+ygNCZwoqd3yRIpZuMlyjZixvXL3oxdDh/IrUUCWM8fsyxFsz094cn3e3PFCOgmg/ uHWtYt/gsCOgVyrNHxced19wDhAwyLLC2xhGyC9n/s5ehuzBnmu9thBEMfZ7b4u+JWCe 9n0mhr8JmzqSEON3coIfNGK96aY3L2RzEUksiYVdIVvz8fq67VzOrc6RSyVyBv8hIiSM znqhFHn9Cu4ajQgAKJWS0vPYKqDjyRf7MNwptsul7afJGY2E3/38XxZeg3bY84+nWcKw va4bxGeI12xMkpFKzDYecZMgajBneB6oBmLW1OaKo03MeMhM8HtJW2pReW8Jf6xWDloC O/yw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5339fYujQ8ZUFIhnw2L0Pp0ilWVU4qjBYpakdtSdElt1LLddJJXK qi5rz2qXlatqr4GH0ig21AIIZZvw5TC6zznIqUI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz7hurbek2YaQmWSlTqA/WNRoz5WKcWIzaNCJY+JrE5TRfQIiLK3PzDB/W0cK6Mv6Bk8k6F/jDal0vr+PrnBK4= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:be10:: with SMTP id a16mr38411pjs.133.1638210710869; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:31:50 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:31:50 -0800 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:221063 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> 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. I guess what I'm asking myself if its useful to keep this advice in admin/release-process. Personally, I have no strong opinion either way, but I note that makeinfo seems to now claim to warn about any problematic cases.