GNU bug report logs - #34023
Support double colons in Info index entries

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Message #35 received at 34023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123 <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-texinfo <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34023: Support double colons in Info index entries
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:17:44 +0000

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 03:32:35PM -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Gavin Smith wrote:
> 
> > Even if Info mode and the standalone Info browser are changed to 
> > support colons in index entries, people running older versions of these 
> > won't be able to read them.
> 
> Sure. However, if Texinfo is intending to support them from version X,
> IMO it should document that.

I changed the wording a bit in git revision 3381bcb.

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