Re: Bug#792328: info: can no longer find the Emacs manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:08:47 +0200
> From: Vincent Lefevre <address@hidden>
> Cc: Norbert Preining <address@hidden>, address@hidden,
>       address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > > Then one could do
> > >   info emacs-24::emacs
> > > etc?
> > 
> > Please don't make characters other than slashes magic in file names.
> > Next thing we will hear is someone asking how to use a file name with
> > a real colon.
> 
> However using a real colon in a filename may not be a good idea due
> to potential conflict with URL schemes, for programs that accept both
> filenames and URL's as arguments.

Users are entitled to do as they please, even if they are not good
ideas.