From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Info enhancements
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 16:09:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878ylrbbk4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200312041644.hB4GiMi16974@f7.net> (Karl Berry's message of "Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:44:22 -0500")
karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes:
> For instance:
>
> * Writing index entries: Indexing Commands. (line 1)
> * xdvi: Output Formats. (line 99)
>
> It is not especially beautiful, but it is 100% compatible, and gets the
> job done.
Yes, it is not beautiful. It is ugly. The information about line
numbers is useless for users. Certainly we shouldn't overburden users
with purely technical information. Moreover, it don't solve the
problem of using index entries in cross-references. For instance:
This function looks up the target in *Note
file-coding-system-alist: Default Coding Systems, *Note
process-coding-system-alist: Default Coding Systems, or
*Note network-coding-system-alist: Default Coding Systems,
depending on OPERATION.
These cross-references refer to variables indexed by the @vindex
command, but there is no place for line numbers here. So, I urge you
to find a better solution. If placing this information in the tag
table will break older version (though this should be verified yet),
then we should try to find another safe place in Info files (e.g. some
unreachable Info node). Do you know such a place?
--
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-05 14:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 148+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-03 19:42 Info enhancements Karl Berry
2003-12-03 19:58 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-04 7:07 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-04 13:12 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-04 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-04 16:44 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-04 20:13 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-06 21:01 ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-12-07 5:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 14:49 ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-12-07 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 16:42 ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-12-07 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 19:28 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-08 19:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-05 14:09 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2003-12-05 14:26 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-05 15:57 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-05 17:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 0:15 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06 9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-05 18:02 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 22:33 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 22:36 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 23:52 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06 9:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 16:45 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 17:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 18:25 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 17:19 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-06 17:50 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 0:23 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 2:19 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 2:31 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 17:31 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-07 17:44 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 18:00 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 18:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 18:57 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 19:27 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 6:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 6:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 9:51 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-09 3:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 10:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-10 2:56 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-10 8:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-10 3:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 0:27 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-07 17:19 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 21:21 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 6:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 10:12 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 10:29 ` Miles Bader
2003-12-08 10:46 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 11:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 14:09 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-09 11:53 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-08 17:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 10:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-08 10:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-05 18:27 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-05 20:44 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-05 21:00 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 9:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 17:59 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06 1:27 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06 9:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 15:43 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-06 14:49 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-06 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 21:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 22:38 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 5:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 20:00 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-08 6:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-09 21:48 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 17:19 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 18:44 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 19:00 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-07 21:54 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-07 22:01 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 21:49 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-08 19:28 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-10 3:29 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-10 15:48 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-08 5:46 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-08 17:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-09 21:48 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-04 15:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-05 0:11 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-12-07 1:20 Karl Berry
2003-12-07 5:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 0:59 Karl Berry
2003-12-07 5:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-07 13:42 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-08 0:01 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-08 10:28 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-09 21:48 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-10 7:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-11 14:45 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-07 0:56 Karl Berry
2003-12-07 0:53 Karl Berry
2003-12-07 5:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-06 19:36 Karl Berry
2003-12-06 19:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 20:38 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 20:30 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-06 14:49 Karl Berry
2003-12-04 22:55 Karl Berry
2003-12-02 17:27 Info enhancements (was: Re: HTML as info format) Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-02 19:26 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-03 5:38 ` Info enhancements Juri Linkov
2003-12-03 13:27 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-03 15:46 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-20 5:34 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-20 14:57 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-01 10:38 Juri Linkov
2003-12-02 3:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-02 10:54 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-02 4:43 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-02 21:22 ` Reiner Steib
2003-12-03 5:04 ` Juri Linkov
2004-09-01 16:42 ` Reiner Steib
2004-09-01 20:55 ` Juri Linkov
2004-09-02 19:02 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-03 0:33 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-03 6:43 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-12 2:08 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-12 14:24 ` Karl Berry
2003-12-12 17:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-12 19:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-13 10:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-13 23:15 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-12 21:38 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-13 15:17 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-16 2:14 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-17 3:28 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-18 3:03 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-18 16:59 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-19 14:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-12-20 5:27 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-13 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-15 2:35 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-15 6:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-15 20:06 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-16 3:00 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-16 12:12 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-12-17 3:28 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-17 3:28 ` Richard Stallman
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