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: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 19:44:08 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2719-Fri05Dec2003194408+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <878ylrbbk4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200312051426.hB5EQeZ11287@f7.net> <87ekvjuuj8.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070646584 8853 80.91.224.253 (5 Dec 2003 17:49:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:49:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 18:49:39 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 1ASK5D-0003Sq-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 18:49:39 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASK5D-0008BD-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 18:49:39 +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 1ASL1r-0008BC-NS for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:50:15 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASKzM-0006HG-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:47:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASKyf-000569-A0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.24] (helo=legolas.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASKyc-0004yY-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:46:54 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski ([80.230.147.167]) by legolas.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.8-GR) with ESMTP id AWV94772; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:45:00 +0200 (IST) Original-To: Juri Linkov X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <87ekvjuuj8.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:57:31 +0200) 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:18427 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18427 > From: Juri Linkov > Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:57:31 +0200 > > > > What is the Texinfo source that is generating this? Texinfo does not > > have a way to make an xref to index entries, as far as I know. > > This is generated by the `@ref' with two arguments: > > @ref{Default Coding Systems, file-coding-system-alist} A digression: My personal view is that this is bad usage of Texinfo. Instead of saying This function looks up the target in @ref{Default Coding Systems, file-coding-system-alist} which looks awkward in Info and downright incomprehensible in the printed copy, it is much better to say This function looks up the target in @code{file-coding-system-alist} (@pxref{Default Coding Systems, file-coding-system-alist})