From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: bug#32473: Broken menu entry in manual, section 4.1
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:35:37 +0200
Message-ID: <87tvnnl7x2.fsf@gnu.org>
References: <3168413.eluxrC5Pv8@aleksandar-ixtreme-m5740>
	<87k1olfiek.fsf@gnu.org> <3105889.ghd2rdMcOe@aleksandar-ixtreme-m5740>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53770)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1fsEOf-00033p-7K
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:41:05 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1fsEOd-0003QN-Em
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:41:05 -0400
Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52097)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16)
	(Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>)
	id 1fsEOb-0003Pu-TR
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:41:03 -0400
Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1fsEOb-00061P-QY
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:41:01 -0400
Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <handler.32473.B.153488762823085@debbugs.gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53218)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <ludo@gnu.org>) id 1fsENu-0000kA-69
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:40:18 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <ludo@gnu.org>) id 1fsEJO-0007IQ-KD
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:35:39 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3105889.ghd2rdMcOe@aleksandar-ixtreme-m5740> (HiPhish's message
	of "Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:56:40 +0200")
List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/bug-guix>,
	<mailto:bug-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/>
List-Post: <mailto:bug-guix@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:bug-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix>,
	<mailto:bug-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "bug-Guix" <bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de>
Cc: 32473@debbugs.gnu.org

HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de> skribis:

> On Montag, 20. August 2018 12:21:07 CEST you wrote:
>> > The standalone Info reader tolerates it, but not the Info.vim reader,
>> > which
>> > considers the space to be part of the target node name. Neither the
>> > Texinfo
>> > manual (section 4.9) nor the Info manual seem to allow for this extra
>> > space, so it looks like a bug in the manual to me.
>>=20
>> Would it make sense for Info.vim to be bug-compatible?
>
> I considered that, but I don't think it's a good idea: it's better to fix=
 a=20
> bug (when feasible of course) than to sweep it under the rug with some ha=
ck.=20
> If the bug is fixed, it's fixed for everyone, if I make Info.vim bug-
> compatible I make my reader harder to maintain and that bug still persist=
s and=20
> will eventually bite someone when they want to implement their own Info=20
> reader.

Yes, that makes a lot of sense to me.  Thanks for your feedback!

Ludo=E2=80=99.