[bug #45602] makeinfo could warn when given a file with a .info suffix

[Gavin D. Smith]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45602>

                 Summary: makeinfo could warn when given a file with a .info
suffix
                 Project: texinfo - GNU documentation system
            Submitted by: gavin
            Submitted on: Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:20:46 AM GMT
                Category: makeinfo
                 Release: 
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Open/Closed: Open
             Assigned to: None
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Status: None

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Details:

Sometimes I write "makeinfo FILE.info" when I meant to write "makeinfo
FILE.texi" instead, and end up with a file "file.info.info" being created.
(The warning I get is that the Info file has no nodes.) Maybe makeinfo could
issue a warning that running it on a file with a .info suffix probably wasn't
intended. Alternatively, maybe it could even go looking for a file "FILE.texi"
when invoked as "makeinfo FILE.info" and use that instead.

I think this is an easy mistake to make because in my mind I am "*make*ing an
*info* file, *FILE.info*" which turns into "makeinfo FILE.info".




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