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Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:33:15 +0300 |
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address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:
> I will change makeinfo to make this an error, or at least a warning,
> and remove such trailing whitespace so it doesn't get into the output.
I think a warning is ok. But moreover, I noticed other places
in Info manuals that cause problems for Info readers:
By funny coincidence, the LilyPond music glossary contains words
`*note*' emphasized by asterisks around them, where the word `note'
means a symbol for a musical tone. But it is interpreted by the Info
reader as an Info reference, and if Info-hide-note-references=t it is
displayed as `See *'. Even though the Texinfo manual warns about
using asterisks with the word `note', it suggests to replace it
by a phrase such as *Please notice* which is inappropriate here.
Perhaps makeinfo should produce a warning about it, but still
I don't see how the author would fix this problem.
There are many other Info manuals that have a string `*Note:'
which is treated incorrectly by Info readers. What do you think
about interpreting a `*Note' as an Info reference only if it
has whitespace around it, i.e. if it matches the following regexp?
[ \t\n]+\*[Nn]ote[ \t\n]+
It would also solve the problem of incorrect interpreting of
the quoted ``*Note:'' string such as in the following Info nodes:
(info "(info)Cross-refs")
(info "(info-stnd)Parts of an Xref")
(info "(texinfo)Cross Reference Commands")
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/04/01
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Karl Berry, 2004/04/01
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Juri Linkov, 2004/04/01
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Karl Berry, 2004/04/02
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Juri Linkov, 2004/04/02
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/04/02
- Re: [PATCH] ignoring Info extensions, Juri Linkov, 2004/04/02