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Re: Fixing the automatic generation of Tex info node names
From: |
Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
Re: Fixing the automatic generation of Tex info node names |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:58:19 +0800 |
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> For some reason ox-texinfo removes periods from node names. It seems
> this is not necessary as info can render these files without any issues,
> and in certain cases not intended (e.g. I had a node named "Emacs 28.1"
> and it was abbreviated to "Emacs 281").
According to
https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/texinfo.html#Node-Line-Requirements
>> Unfortunately, you cannot reliably use periods, commas, or colons
>> within a node name; these can confuse the Info reader. Also, a node
>> name may not start with a left parenthesis preceding a right
>> parenthesis, as in (not)allowed, since this syntax is used to specify
>> an external manual. (Perhaps these limitations will be removed some
>> day.)
Not that we cannot work around this, but we need something different
than the proposed patch.
Best,
Ihor