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From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 34023@debbugs.gnu.org, bug-texinfo@gnu.org
Subject: bug#34023: Support double colons in Info index entries
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 20:13:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190111201323.GC14925@darkstar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <h4lg3s580v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

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On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 07:53:52PM -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Gavin Smith wrote:
> 
> > This is what is implemented in the standalone info browser (since
> > change on 2017-04-08).
> 
> "Defining the Entries of an Index" in the Texinfo manual continues to
> say (through Texinfo 6.5.90) "Caution: Do not use a colon in an index entry".

Even if Info mode and the standalone Info browser are changed to 
support colons in index entries, people running older versions of these 
won't be able to read them.  However, texi2any does output the colon in 
the index entry without complaint.  See attached Texinfo input and Info 
output.  Newer versions of 'info' can deal with the colons in the index 
entries that are output here.


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This is colon-index.info, produced by texi2any version 6.5.90 from
colon-index.texi.

\x1f
File: colon-index.info,  Node: Top,  Next: One,  Up: (dir)

* Menu:

* One::
* Concept Index::

\x1f
File: colon-index.info,  Node: One,  Next: Concept Index,  Prev: Top,  Up: Top

node one

\x1f
File: colon-index.info,  Node: Concept Index,  Prev: One,  Up: Top

\0\b[index\0\b]
* Menu:

* ::                                     One.                   (line 3)
* :a:                                    One.                   (line 3)
* b:c:                                   One.                   (line 3)
* d::e:                                  One.                   (line 3)
* f :d:                                  One.                   (line 3)
* g: h:                                  One.                   (line 3)


\x1f
Tag Table:
Node: Top\x7f86
Node: One\x7f184
Node: Concept Index\x7f276
\x1f
End Tag Table

[-- Attachment #3: colon-index.texi --]
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  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-11 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-09 21:14 Support double colons in Info index entries Gavin Smith
2019-01-11  0:04 ` bug#34023: " Juri Linkov
2019-01-11  0:28   ` Drew Adams
2019-01-11 19:46   ` Gavin Smith
     [not found]   ` <20190111194631.GA14925@darkstar>
2019-01-11 19:49     ` Gavin Smith
2019-01-13  0:55     ` Juri Linkov
2019-01-11  0:53 ` Glenn Morris
2019-01-11 20:13   ` Gavin Smith [this message]
2019-01-11 20:14     ` Gavin Smith
2019-01-11 20:32     ` Glenn Morris
     [not found]     ` <hek1jbkk9o.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
2019-01-16 19:17       ` Gavin Smith

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