GNU bug report logs - #21960
25.1.50; add info binding to copy node as @xref

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:18:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 21960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>, 21960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21960: 25.1.50; add info binding to copy node as @xref
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:09:27 +0200
Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com> writes:

> So I guess something that copied the node as
> @xref{blah, , , file} would be good for me; but I don't know if that
> is idiosyncratic or helpful to anybody else.

I can see the charm, but I don't think there's any reasonable way to
DWIM this -- sometimes you want @ref, sometimes @pxref, sometimes a
"full" version with all the commas, sometimes not...

So I'm closing this bug report.

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