GNU bug report logs - #50467
Could :properties have index entries in the elisp manual?

Previous Next

Full log

Message #26 received at 50467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 50467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50467: Could :properties have index entries in the elisp
 manual?
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:26:47 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> How important is this consideration?  In other words, how serious of a
>> breakage are we risking?  For example, if it is just that the index
>> entries won't work in other info readers, that seems acceptable to me.
>
> It is serious enough that the Texinfo manual advises against it.
> Which in practice means we should use it sparingly, only for very
> important attributes that aren't readily accessible otherwise.

It seems like the info readers now support quoted node names (see
bug#57277), but info.el doesn't.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.