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Could :properties have index entries in the elisp manual?

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Message #14 received at 50467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: "50467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#50467: Could :properties have index entries in
 the elisp manual?
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 15:55:48 +0000

> ...keywords that start with a colon...
> 
> One problem here is that use of the colon character in index entries
> should be avoided, as some Info readers could get confused by that
> (the colon is a special character in Info file format).

Indeed.  See bugs #18957 and #30478.

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=18957

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=30478

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