GNU bug report logs - #18040
24.4.50; "@acronym" in "(emacs) Intro"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:21:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 24.3.93

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 18040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: 18040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18040: 24.4.50; "@acronym" in "(emacs) Intro"
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:24:59 +0300

> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:17:00 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 18040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> > Cc: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>,  18040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:02:05 -0400
> > 
> > > Evidently, Texinfo 4.x doesn't support recursive @acronyms.
> > 
> > Sounds like a major bug for GNU's official documentation system!
> 
> Since 5.x solved it, we don't have a case here.

Btw, using the inner @acronym is obviously wrong here, it's just a
pun.  So one way of fixing this for those who still use Texinfo 4.x
for whatever reasons is to remove the inner @acronym, leaving just
"GNU" there.

The Texinfo manual has the same problem, FWIW.
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