GNU bug report logs - #44915
27.1; Enumeration of @menu for Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.1; Enumeration of @menu for Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:56:06 +0100

Can the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual enumerate the @menu items
so it would be easier to refer people to it.  Thanks.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 44915 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44915: 27.1;
 Enumeration of @menu for Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:53:08 +0100

tags 44915 notabug
close 44915
thanks

Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com> writes:

> Can the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual enumerate the @menu items
> so it would be easier to refer people to it.  Thanks.

It already does, here.  But that is not a good way to reference them,
since numbers can change between versions as new nodes get added.

Instead, refer people to their name (for example "(elisp) Macros"),
their URL on gnu.org or type `C-u 0 w' while visiting the relevant
info node in Emacs to get this evaluatable expression: (info "(elisp)
Macros")

Closing.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 44915-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44915: 27.1;
 Enumeration of @menu for Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:05:56 +0200

> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:56:06 +0100
> 
> Can the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual enumerate the @menu items
> so it would be easier to refer people to it.  Thanks.

No, Emacs can't.  In the Info manual the menu items are produced by
the 'makeinfo' program, which is part of the Texinfo package.  And
@menu itself is part of the Texinfo language, whose development is
also part of the Texinfo developers' job.  So if you want these to
change, you should report this to bug-texinfo <at> gnu.org.

I'm therefor closing this bug report.

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