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Re: problem with info and indices


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: problem with info and indices
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 20:20:47 +0000 (UTC)

>> Currently, this is not true.  If you process the attached file with
>> `makeinfo`, then calling
>>
>> ```
>> info -f info-index.info
>> ```
>>
>> and pressing the 'i' key, you get
>>
>> ```
>> No indices found
>> ```
>
> Yes, the index is not found because it is not in a node with the
> string "Index" in its name.  This may not be the best behaviour but it
> is the way that it has always worked, to my knowledge.
>
> Somebody else had the same problem recently and we added a note to
> the manual about this requirement on 2022-03-09.

Aaah!  While following the development of texinfo, I missed this
recent change.  Maybe it makes sense to add this information to the
standalone info manual, too.


    Werner



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