From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info enhancements Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 07:45:06 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1190-Sun07Dec2003074506+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <200312061449.hB6Enaa16133@f7.net> <200312062140.hB6LepT09869@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070776072 17994 80.91.224.253 (7 Dec 2003 05:47:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 05:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 07 06:47:49 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASrll-0002Yd-00 for ; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 06:47:49 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASrlk-0000xi-00 for ; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 06:47:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASsik-0006Lb-Qd for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:48:46 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASsiQ-0006Jm-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:48:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASshu-0005zI-JQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:48:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.23] (helo=aragorn.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASshu-0005yS-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:47:54 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski (pns03-196-203.inter.net.il [80.230.196.203]) by aragorn.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.8-GR) with ESMTP id CAJ91496; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 07:46:03 +0200 (IST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <200312062140.hB6LepT09869@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:40:51 -0600 (CST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18495 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18495 > Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:40:51 -0600 (CST) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > But what do we want to do with @anchor? I have always actually > _avoided_ using it, because I saw it barely ever used in any major > manual. For instance, it is _only_ used in texinfo.txi to illustrate > the @anchor command itself and _never_ used in info.texi. This is simply a consequence of the decision made by manual maintainers (in many packages, not just in Emacs) to not use features that break old Info readers until @anchor support gets widespread enough to justify that. IIRC, Emacs switched to using @anchor only after v21.1 went into press.