Re: Texinfo problems with the manual

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Grabmueller <address@hidden> writes:

    Martin> It seems that TeX does not like the digit in the index
    Martin> name, therefore I suggest to change the index name from
    Martin> `r5' to `rn'.  If nobody objects, I will do that change.

Sounds good.  Future-proof too.

    Martin> The second problem is that entering a procedure name
    Martin> containing a colon into an index does not work.  Emacs'
    Martin> info mode gets confused by the colon and complains that it
    Martin> does not find a node.  That means that procedures like
    Martin> `stat:size' cannot be in an index, unless someone knows a
    Martin> way around that limitation.  I have not found anything
    Martin> about that in the texinfo docs.

    Martin> Maybe some Texinfo guru can help out?

Sounds like a job for address@hidden

    Martin> Oh, and another question: What is the `Guile Extension
    Martin> Index' for?  I think it is clear that everything *not* in
    Martin> the R5RS index is an extension, no?  Maybe we should
    Martin> remove that index?

I think it would be nice to have some kind of summary of All Guile
Extensions, but an index is probably not the best way to do that.
Perhaps we should list such extensions (in a friendly, introductory
sort of way) in a new section in the Introduction to Guile part?

Regards,
        Neil