GNU bug report logs - #11178
24.0.94; Elisp manual: add index entries for :link LINK-DATA alternatives

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 22:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.0.94

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 11178 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11178: 24.0.94; Elisp manual: add index entries for :link LINK-DATA alternatives
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:18:41 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> (elisp) Common Keywords should be indexed for each of the LINK-DATA
> alternatives: `custom-manual', `info-link', `url-link',
> `emacs-commentary-link', `emacs-library-link', `file-link',
> `function-link', `variable-link', and `custom-group-link'.

No.  That makes no sense---there's already an index entry for adding
links to custom docs.  I don't want to pollute the index with entries
listing every possible value for what's just a keyword.  (Though I
eagerly await the coming long-form article arguing against this.)
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