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Problematic characters in info node names

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Message #11 received at 52126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 52126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>,
 Kyle Meyer <kyle <at> kyleam.com>
Subject: Re: bug#52126: Problematic characters in info node names
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:03:03 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> ** Manuals
> Check for node names using problematic characters:
>   find doc -name '*.texi' -exec grep '^@node[^,]*[:.()]' {} +
> Sadly makeinfo does not warn about such characters.
>
> Running that gives me some matches:
>
> doc/misc/modus-themes.texi:@node Advanced customization (do-it-yourself)
> doc/misc/modus-themes.texi:@node Per-theme customization settings (DIY)

(etc)

I think this has to be fixed in the Modus manual, so I've added
Protesilaos to the CCs.  (The issue is that parentheses aren't valid in
texinfo node names, apparently.)

> doc/misc/org.texi:@node Hooks (2)

And in the Org manual, so I've added Kyle to the CCs, too.

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