Subject: Re: bug#5809: 23.1.94; cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:39:20 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:17:35 -0700
> 
> Keep in mind too that in some documentation systems, which don't even have the
> fine-grained "node" size of Info (on average), cross references generally do not
> take you to an exact destination position. They just get you to the appropriate
> section.

That Info does support this feature is one of its advantages, and we
should not lose it, IMO.  Without it, reading a large manual as a
reference is a PITA.

Besides, it simply feels as a bug (and actually is): you are placed in
the middle of a sentence that, more often than not, has nothing to do
with the subject you are after.