GNU bug report logs - #71220
Missing hyperlink

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Message #8 received at 71220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 71220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71220: Missing hyperlink
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 14:39:31 +0300

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 16:17:00 +0800
> 
> (info "(emacs) Fixing Case") contains a hyperlink to
> (info "(emacs) Case") but the latter is missing a vital hyperlink to the former!!
> I'm saying if we are reading the latter, we would feel sad if we found out one day we didn't know about the former.

I don't understand: "Case" tells everything that "Fixing Case" tells,
and then some.  By contrast, "Fixing Case" describes only a small part
of what "Case" describes, and it does that to avoid the need for the
reader to read the entire large section in "Case" when all they are
interested in is how to fix letter-case typos.

If we added a cross-reference to "Case" to "Fixing Case", what would
that add to what "Case" already describes?  If it doesn't add
anything, then a reverse cross-reference would not be useful.

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