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: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 17:31:41 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <6480-Sat06Dec2003173141+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <200312061449.hB6Enaa16133@f7.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070725011 313 80.91.224.253 (6 Dec 2003 15:36:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 06 16:36:48 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 1ASeUC-0000Ev-00 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:36:48 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASeUB-00048Z-00 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:36:47 +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 1ASfRF-0002tY-Gd for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:37:49 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASfQv-0002tN-AU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:37:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASfQO-0002ob-JB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:37:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.24] (helo=legolas.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASfQO-0002ky-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:36:56 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski (pns03-196-203.inter.net.il [80.230.196.203]) by legolas.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.8-GR) with ESMTP id AWY06909; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:32:36 +0200 (IST) Original-To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <200312061449.hB6Enaa16133@f7.net> (karl@freefriends.org) 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:18461 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18461 > Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 09:49:36 -0500 > From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) > > Most index entries (in most manuals) are long strings of > human-readable text that it is not useful to xref. Yes, it's typical for @cindex entries to be like that. Entries that are just symbol names are mostly produced by @vindex and @findex. > So I don't think it is "easy". The easy thing to do is accept the > feaure Texinfo already provides for subnode positioning: anchors. It is > more work for the authors in one way, but on the other hand it actually > works. I tend to agree that the decision whether to xref an index entry is a human one, so @anchor is the solution.