Re: Colon in index items

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden (Karl Berry)
> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 08:25:04 -0500
> 
> The best idea we (mainly Eli :) had was to use null characters, so that
> node names/index entries in info files would be, say, 
> address@hidden@address@hidden@ (only
> if the name contains a : or other problematic character only).  At least
> such characters may be invisible when displayed, sometimes.  And it
> seemed perhaps easier to deal with in the Info readers than other
> escape mechanisms.
> 
> Eli, am I remembering right?

Yes.  (Actually, I suggested the sequence SPACE BACKSPACE, which has
the advantage of being invisible even if some old Info reader delivers
it to the screen.  I think NUL NUL was your suggestion.  But I don't
care much about the delimiter as long as it doesn't make too much
trouble to older readers.)