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24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun"

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmoncayo <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#15038: 24.3.50; Doc bug in "(eintr) Change a defun"
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:56:43 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:23:17 -0400
> Cc: 15038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> dmoncayo <at> gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > The following paragraph is in the info node mentioned in the subject:
> >
> >      *Note Beginning a `.emacs' File.emacs File, and *note
> >   Comments(elisp) for more about comments.
> >
> > There seems to be a problem in its first cross reference, because:
> > * The link is broken.
> > * The part ".emacs File" just after the link doesn't make sense.
> 
> I see no such problem on GNU/Linux with makeinfo 4.13 or 5.1.
> What makeinfo did you use?

I think Dany is describing the way Emacs displays that node, not the
exact text in the Info file.

The problem is in the Texinfo sources: a node name cannot include a
period, see the Texinfo manual.

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