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: automatic anchors for definition commands. Date: 07 Jan 2004 08:48:22 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200401070250.i072oJC09935@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073458159 30666 80.91.224.253 (7 Jan 2004 06:49:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 06:49:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 07:49:16 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 1Ae7VE-0008BO-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 07:49:16 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ae7VD-0000r4-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 07:49:15 +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 1Ae8RM-00033D-9I for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 02:49:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae8Qk-00031J-Vo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 02:48:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae8QE-0002ot-3j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 02:48:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae8QD-0002mP-61; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 02:48:09 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200401070250.i072oJC09935@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:50:19 -0600 (CST)) 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:19068 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19068 > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:50:19 -0600 (CST) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > A larger and larger percentage of these anchors is starting to refer > to function and variable definitions. There are _many_ nodes (or > parts of nodes), say `(elisp)Related Topics', section 12.11 in the > printed manual, that are index-like lists of references to function > and variable definitions. Unlike the "real" indices, they do not > refer to the page numbers _of the definitions_ in the printed manual. > (They refer to the beginning of the section, which can be several > pages off.) Note that in some case, this might be actually a good idea: reading from the section beginning might give you a broader perspective on the subject. I don't have a firm opinion on the automatic anchoring you suggest; at first glance, it sounds like a lot of work for a relatively small benefit.