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 11:43:48 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <7494-Sat06Dec2003114347+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <878ylrbbk4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200312051426.hB5EQeZ11287@f7.net> <87ekvjuuj8.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200312051802.hB5I2EC04476@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200312052233.hB5MXsv07577@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87ptf2omam.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070704067 2473 80.91.224.253 (6 Dec 2003 09:47:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 09:47:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 06 10:47:44 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 1ASZ2O-0006mg-00 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:47:44 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASZ2N-0006pp-00 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:47:44 +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 1ASZxj-0005jK-SO for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 05:46:59 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASZxd-0005iy-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 05:46:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASZx7-0005bU-4X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 05:46:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.22] (helo=gollum.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASZx6-0005bK-M5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2003 05:46:20 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski (pns03-196-203.inter.net.il [80.230.196.203]) by gollum.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.8-GR) with ESMTP id BZN37440; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:44:41 +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: <87ptf2omam.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Sat, 06 Dec 2003 01:52:01 +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:18457 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18457 > From: Juri Linkov > Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 01:52:01 +0200 > > This is due to the limitation of the function `Info-follow-reference'. > It don't follow a reference under point, but instead it searches the > first occurrence of reference name from the buffer beginning. IIRC, the stand-alone Info reader was fixed to prefer the reference at point, if there is one, and otherwise try the reference that is closest to point. > So currently no references with the same name are allowed in the same > Info node. If that is so (I'm surprised that it is, btw), it's IMHO a grave bug in the Emacs Info reader: there are quite a few manuals out there which do have several references to the same node. The stand-alone reader doesn't have this limitation. > But we can remove such limitation by > adding a new argument `nodename' to the `Info-follow-reference'. Please don't. Let's not introduce yet another haphazard change into the Info format. As the case of the stand-alone reader shows, this limitation can be lifted without any changes to the Info format per se.