Re: Fwd: [PATCH] different approach to --split html

[janneke]

address@hidden writes:

> Thanks for the suggestion.  Having all those extra files is pretty
> messy, but it does seem unavoidable.

It is unavoidable for supporting non-split external linking.  In 4.0,
this is not supported, so, it would be adding a new feature of
doubtful importance.  Also, implementation is not trivial.

> Personally, splitting by node to me seems like overkill.  Splitting by
> chapter has always been my personal preference.

Uh.  You can't do this very easily.  We can only avoid a second pass
by assuming that every reference is a node name and every node name
can be mapped to a filename, before the node is being processed.
Also, info files are (written and assumed to be) split by nodes.

(This is a reason why I have my doubts about the introduction of
@anchor in 4.0.  It introduces references that are not nodes, not a
trivial extension).

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