From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual}.
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:32:55 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1051212091512.422B-100000@acm.acm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1Elc1c-0004STC@rattlesnake.com>
Hi, Robert!
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
> ... We've had a node called "Sample .emacs File" in the CC Mode
> manual since 22nd February 1995 ...
>And possibly Info searched for that node as "Sample" ... That is the
>only node in that manual that starts with the word "Sample".
>The Texinfo manual has included a warning about the characters that a
>node name may contain since at least 1987 and probably earlier. I don't
>remember dot specifically, but I do remember thinking that the rule was
>to use characters that are not in regexps.
OK. The warning in that manual is somewhat inconspicuous. On the page
"node" we have:
To create a node, write an `@node' command at the beginning of a
line, and follow it with up to four arguments, separated by commas, on
the rest of the same line.
, with no mention of colons, parens or periods. In the sub-node
"Choosing Node and Pointer Names", there is no mention of the
restriction. Only in (the relatively obscurely named) "Node Line
Requirements" is this restriction mentioned. This seems suboptimal.
>In any event, the customary solution is to name the node and the title
>differently. As is said in (texinfo)Node Line Tips , `try to pick node
>names that are informative but short'. The node name might be `Sample'
>and the chapter or section title `Sample @code{.emacs} File'.
OK, thanks.
> Robert J. Chassell
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-12 9:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-11 18:37 Info bug with @xref{Sample .emacs File, , , ccmode, the CC Mode Manual} Alan Mackenzie
2005-12-11 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-11 21:28 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-12-12 0:58 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-12-12 9:32 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2005-12-12 20:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-12 5:23 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-12 5:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-12 23:44 ` Karl Berry
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