Re: Wrong info file shown when filename has suffix

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 10:03:27AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 7:13 PM, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > When I install an info file with the same filename prefix as an
> > existing installed info file up until the first period and then open
> > info and select it, then go back and select the other file, the wrong
> > file is shown.  This is relevant because I’d like the German
> > translation of r5rs.texi to be called r5rs.de.texi.  It works
> > correctly in emacs’ M-x info or when I visit the files in the reverse
> > order or when I replace all occurrences of a.de by a-de.
> >
> > My version is “info (GNU texinfo) 6.5”.
> >
> > The attached shell script shows the problem when selecting A.de first
> > but works when selecting A without de first.
> 
> I am not surprised that doing this would have problems. I managed to
> produce the two files from your shell script but I am not sure what
> you mean by "go back and select the other file". What exactly are you
> doing within info to try to select the other file? I tried
> "g(a.de.info)" and "g(a.info)" and this always seems to work in
> opening the right file.

Yes g works.  I use the arrow keys to select a.de.info then press the
u key and then use the arrow keys to select a.de.

Thank you for dealing with the issue.