From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:33:15 +0300 Organization: JURTA Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ad1v8xox.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <200404010201.i3121XM31201@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080842609 27354 80.91.224.253 (1 Apr 2004 18:03:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:03:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, janneke@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 01 20:03:19 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B96X8-000458-00 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:03:18 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B96X8-0003Ge-00 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:03:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B95OR-0005Kg-Gf for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:50:15 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B95N5-0005DS-I8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:48:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B95MW-00052G-92 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:48:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.33.219.6] (helo=knife.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B95LT-0004ma-HQ; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:47:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (80-235-44-245-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.44.245]) by knife.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3AD8E4039; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:47:08 -0800 (PST) Original-To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) In-Reply-To: <200404010201.i3121XM31201@f7.net> (Karl Berry's message of "Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:01:33 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:21167 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21167 karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes: > I will change makeinfo to make this an error, or at least a warning, > and remove such trailing whitespace so it doesn't get into the output. I think a warning is ok. But moreover, I noticed other places in Info manuals that cause problems for Info readers: By funny coincidence, the LilyPond music glossary contains words `*note*' emphasized by asterisks around them, where the word `note' means a symbol for a musical tone. But it is interpreted by the Info reader as an Info reference, and if Info-hide-note-references=t it is displayed as `See *'. Even though the Texinfo manual warns about using asterisks with the word `note', it suggests to replace it by a phrase such as *Please notice* which is inappropriate here. Perhaps makeinfo should produce a warning about it, but still I don't see how the author would fix this problem. There are many other Info manuals that have a string `*Note:' which is treated incorrectly by Info readers. What do you think about interpreting a `*Note' as an Info reference only if it has whitespace around it, i.e. if it matches the following regexp? [ \t\n]+\*[Nn]ote[ \t\n]+ It would also solve the problem of incorrect interpreting of the quoted ``*Note:'' string such as in the following Info nodes: (info "(info)Cross-refs") (info "(info-stnd)Parts of an Xref") (info "(texinfo)Cross Reference Commands") -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/