Re: info --index not finding all indexed entries

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Eli Zaretskii wrote on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 08:26:33PM CEST:
> > From: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
> > While this which is definitely nicer to have, sometimes you may simply
> > have more than one relevant place in a manual.
> 
> I don't think so.  I frequently use TAB after typing a few first
> characters of a term I'm looking for.  With identical index entries,
> what that shows me is a list such as
> 
>     Possible completions are:
>     AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE<1>
>     AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE<2>       AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE<3>
> 
> This leaves me with no clue regarding which one to choose.  In
> contrast, if I see something like
> 
>     Possible completions are:
>     AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE                   AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and foo
>     AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, how to use       AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, when bar is in effect
> 
> I'll have a good idea which is the one I'm after.

That's a much better reason indeed.  Thanks!

Now what rationale do I have left for that @findex in the texinfo
appendix ...

Cheers,
Ralf