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29.3; Info-fontify-node renders cross-references misleadingly

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Message #25 received at 70382-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: juri <at> linkov.net
Cc: 70382-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, matt <at> excalamus.com
Subject: Re: bug#70382: 29.3;
 Info-fontify-node renders cross-references misleadingly
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:49:16 +0300

> Cc: 70382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, matt <at> excalamus.com
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:39:02 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> > Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  matt <at> excalamus.com,
> >   70382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:55:19 +0300
> > 
> > >> > I think the only sane way of dealing with this problem is to disable
> > >> > Info-hide-note-references in that particular node (and any other
> > >> > nodes,  if we find them, where there's a similar issue).  The patch
> > >> > below attempts to do that.
> > >>
> > >> Sounds OK.
> > >
> > > OK, I will install this soon, unless Juri (or someone else) comes up
> > > with something more elegant.
> > 
> > Like many self-reference cases this needs an exception too, so probably
> > there is no better way than info--dont-hide-references (maybe this name
> > should be upper-cased to Info--dont-hide-references like other Info variables).
> 
> I named it "info--*" so that this internal variable doesn't get in the
> way when one completes on Info variable names.  But I see now that we
> already have quite a few internal names that start with "Info--", so I
> guess that ship has sailed long ago.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback, will install soon.

Now done on master, and closing the bug.

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