GNU bug report logs - #4142
[PATCH] 23.1 info.el::Info-goto-node - Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:45:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 4142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen'" <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
	"'Juri Linkov'" <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 4142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Jari Aalto' <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Subject: RE: bug#4142: [PATCH] 23.1 info.el::Info-goto-node - Wrong type
	argument:stringp, nil
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:54:51 -0700

> Or we could just say "don't call non-index nodes something containing
> the word 'index'".

No, that's what's fragile and error prone.  We should be able to put some meta
information in index nodes to identify them.  It is not unusual in Info to use
some text or text properties that users do not see as meta info.
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