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Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems.


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems.
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 22:18:30 +0300

> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 02:39:35 -0400
> From: Carlos O'Donell <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > Why can't you run makeinfo directly on the case-insensitive
> > filesystem?  What OS is that, btw?
> 
> Running makeinfo direclty on the case-insensitive filesystem is slow. 
> The OS with the case-insensitive filesystem is Windows. 

I find that it runs on Windows as fast as it does on Unix and GNU
systems, unless the Windows machine is slow or lacks memory.

> The @node order does not have to be the ordinal order.
> 
> Set ordinal to 1.
> Set spacer to "@"
> Parse @xref or @node?
>       If a filename with [ordinal][spacer][item name].html
>        exists, then reference that.
>       Else create a new file [ordinal][spacer][item name].html,
>        reference that, and increment the ordinal number.
> 
> You need only keep a list of previously output files and search that.

This will work only for the current manual, but not for
cross-references between manuals.




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