GNU bug report logs - #30478
26.0.91; Add index entries to Elisp manual for#: syntax

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:57:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in versions 25.0.50, 26.0.91

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 30478-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 30478-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#30478: 26.0.91; Add index entries to Elisp manual for#: syntax
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:24:28 -0800 (PST)

> The index entry is already there, but it cannot be #: because Info
> cannot cope with a colon in a menu, and index in Info is just a large
> menu.  So in Info we use "#COLON instead (we do use #: in the printed
> manual).

OK, thanks.  That's an unfortunate limitation.
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