Re: info goto node with dot

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Karl!

On Fre, 27 Jan 2006, Karl Berry wrote:
> Yes, it might explain it, except that those jump indications are
> correct, as far as I can tell.

Ok,

>     That's why I said it is necessary to have more files. 
> 
> My guess is a parsing problem in standalone info.  Otherwise I'd expect
> all the nodes to be unfindable, not just the one with the period in the
> name.

Ok, this would also explain why it works in emacs (and I believe in
pinfo).

Can you tell me in which function the scanning is performed, I can take
a look into the code.

(And maybe once I learn how to debug an interactive program like this,
that tries to open a screen ;-)

> Unrelated.  Isn't it wonderful behavior?  Explanation:

I know that it is unrelated, and I really like the behaviour. Better
would be an arbitrary man page or info node, in the sense: Get to know
your system!

> Yes, this is a silly bug.  I've never mustered enough interest to fix it.
> Shame on me.

;-) It's one of the bugs in the Debian BTS, so I asked!

Best wishes

Norbert

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