Re: scope of recusrsive @syn*index

[Patrice Dumas]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 05:08:28PM -0700, Karl Berry wrote:
>     Should funcsconcepts entries be formatted s code or not?  This is the
>     case right now, but my first guess would be that it is incorrect.
> 
> I also think it should be roman, because of the
>  @synindex funcsconcepts funcs

Ok.

> (This is another case where it seems to me the Texinfo language got
> unnecessarily complicated.  It would be tons simpler to understand if
> the font used for entries in a given index was defined by the
> @def[code]index once and for all, and @synindex simply combined indexes
> without affecting fonts, and so @syncodeindex would be unnecessary.  I
> suspect someone couldn't be bothered to implement (or maybe think about)
> the right thing umpteen years ago, and now we're stuck with supporting
> it.  Sigh.  Anyway.)

We could add a new command, @mergeindex, that merges indices without 
changing the font?

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Pat