GNU bug report logs - #23142
25.1.50; Kind of duplicated lines in info TOC

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Johan Claesson <johanclaesson <at> bredband.net>

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:51:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 25.1.50

Fixed in version 27.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 23142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Johan Claesson <johanclaesson <at> bredband.net>
Subject: bug#23142: 25.1.50; Kind of duplicated lines in info TOC
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:19:31 +0300

tags 23142 + fixed
close 23142 27.0.50
thanks

>>> Does anybody know what the reasoning behind adding these seemingly
>>> doubled lines is?
>>
>> Sometimes section names are more informative than node names.
>> For example, open the Emacs manual and compare node vs section names:
>>
>> node names    vs    section names
>>
>> Basic::             Basic Editing Commands
>
> That's true.  Perhaps we could suppress them only if they are identical
> to the node names somehow?

Good idea.  In addition to suppressing doubled lines I also
added indentation that achieves a much better looking TOC
by aligning section names at the same level with subnode names.
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