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23.1.94; cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 5809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#5809: 23.1.94; cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:39:20 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <5809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 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.

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