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bug#10451: 24.0.92; Bad cross reference in Info manual
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#10451: 24.0.92; Bad cross reference in Info manual |
Date: |
Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:25:42 -0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I've reopened this bug. It was closed with no explanation, and the bug is
> still
> there.
>
> This is about _Emacs_ users who are reading the Info manual, which is an
> introduction to using Info to read manuals.
>
> The text tries to teach you about links to other manuals, and tells you to
> follow the given cross-book link. That link is broken, because it links to a
> manual that is not even included with Emacs. We are sending readers down the
> garden path, confusing them and making them wonder whether they might be doing
> something wrong.
>
> Such instructions (essentially tutorial text) should just plain work.
When you hit that link "Info file texinfo does not exist", which I think
is a clear enough signal to the user that they might consider installing
the relevant info file. Closing.
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