Re: [help-texinfo] installation of images with info files

[Per Bothner]

On 10/17/2016 01:05 PM, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On 17 October 2016 at 20:13, Per Bothner <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Well, I'm not sure. I don't think it does imply that. The kawa-figures
> > > directory would be for installation only. Thus, if you did do
> > > @image{kawa-figures/pic1}, this might imply installation under
> > > ${infodir}/kawa-figures/kawa-figures, just as
> > > @image{more-figures/pic2} might imply installation under
> > > ${infodir}/kawa-figures/more-figures.
> >
> >
> > Well, either "kawa-figures" has to be in the @image command,
> > or one of makeinfo or info mode have to magically add it.
> >
> > I see no evidence for the latter (in either info.el or from a simple
> > experiment).
>
> My understanding is that info.el (Emacs Info) should add it.

As far as I can tell: it doesn't.

I think it might be better to change makeinfo than info.el.
A major reason is to handle html and info consistently.
(More on this later.)  You can't expect a web-browser to
automatically add "Foo-figures/" - it would need to be done
either in the texinfo source or with a makeinfo option.
So I feel we should use the same solution for info: If we're
going to do something magic, it is better to have makeinfo do
it rather than info.el.
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