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[PATCH] 23.1 info.el::Info-goto-node - Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

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Message #44 received at 4142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen' <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 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 22:51:45 +0300

>> 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.

`makeinfo' already puts meta information in index nodes to identify them
(modulo a little bug I just fixed).

The problem is that emacs-w3m.info is not produced by `makeinfo'.

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