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Re: [bug #45912] texindex 5.9.93 does not support -o argument


From: Gavin Smith
Subject: Re: [bug #45912] texindex 5.9.93 does not support -o argument
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:16:55 +0100

On 10 September 2015 at 22:24, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #1, bug #45912 (project texinfo):
>
> the enhancement you propose is an enhancement, not a regression. it seems a
> nontrivial and confusing idea imho. certainly making up new cmdline syntax is
> not at all desirable.
>
> it is true that arnold and i did not implement the actual texindex -o in the
> new awk texindex, because as far as i knew/know it had been used exactly zero
> times in all of texinfo's long history, and it had no useful purpose we could
> think of, either.  it wouldn't help you with your .fl[s] woes anyway.

Some discussion here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2014-02/msg00062.html



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